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ORBIS
A Journal of World Affairs

Orbis, FPRI’s quarterly journal of world affairs, was founded in 1957 Visit Elsevier for a free sample issue of Orbis as a forum for policymakers, scholars, and the informed public who sought an engaging, thought-provoking debate beyond the predictable, conventional journals of that time. Nearly half a century later, Orbis continues to offer informative, insightful, and lively discourse on the full range of topics relating to American foreign policy and national security, as well as in-depth analysis on important international developments. Orbis readers always know the stories behind the headlines.

Orbis is edited by Mackubin (Mac) Owens, Associate Dean of Academics for Electives and Directed Research and Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. A prolific writer on military affairs, Dr. Owens is a long-time associate of FPRI, where he is a Senior Fellow in the Program on National Security. From 1990–97, he was Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly defense journal Strategic Review and Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Boston University. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a Colonel in 1994. Dr. Owens earned his Ph.D. from the University of Dallas, his M.A. in economics from Oklahoma University and his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His articles on national security have appeared in numerous publications.

Past editors of Orbis include James Kurth (2005–7), David Eisenhower (2001–04), and Walter McDougall (1995–2001).

Current Issue

Orbis Winter 2010, Volume 54, Number 1

Editor's Corner (3 pages, 35K PDF) Mackubin T. Owens
Bridging the Gap between Ideas and Actions Thomas G. Mahnken
History Rhymes: The German Precedent for Chinese Seapower James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara
How the United States Lost the Naval War of 2015 (11 pages, 91K PDF) James Kraska
Radical Islam in Europe Leslie S. Lebl
Purifying the World: What the New Radical Ideology Stands For Ernest Sternberg
Changes and the American Security Paradigm (11 pages, 115K PDF) Kenneth Allard
Why Foreign Fighters? Historical Perspectives and Solutions David Malet
Sovereignty and the Foreign Fighter Problem Ian Bryan
Prisoner Dilemmas: The American Obsession with POWs and Hostages Dominic Tierney
Review Essays
Terrorism as a Political and Cultural Phenomenon Daniel J. Mahoney

Contents of Past Issues

  • Fall 2009 (Vol. 53, No. 3)
  • Summer 2009 (Vol. 53, No. 3)
  • Spring 2009 (Vol. 53, No. 2)
  • Winter 2009 (Vol. 53, No. 1)
  • Fall 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 4)
  • Summer 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 3)
  • Spring 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 2)
  • Winter 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 1)
  • Fall 2007 (Vol. 51, No. 4)

Sample Articles

  • The Bush Doctrine: The Foreign Policy of Republican Empire (18 pages, 131K PDF), Mackubin T. Owens, Winter 2009
  • The New Maritime Strategy: Peer Competitors, Rogue States and Transnational Insurgents (16 pages, 115K PDF), James Kurth, Fall 2007
  • A Balanced Force Structure to Achieve a Liberal World Order (253K PDF), Mackubin Thomas Owens, Winter 2005
  • What Is Democracy? Liberal Institutions and Stability in Changing Societies (131K PDF) by William Anthony Hay

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