How Does the Syrian Civil War End for Hezbollah?
The recent ceasefire agreement between the United States and Russia in Syria requires the policy-making community to evaluate how...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
How Does the Syrian Civil War End for Hezbollah?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Taking Stock of U.S. Policy Options in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia
The three countries that comprise the Maghreb region -- Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia -- are bound by important cultural, linguistic,...
Putin Doubles Down in Syria
A year ago, President Obama opined that Russian intervention in Syria would turn into a quagmire. One year later,...
Egypt’s Crackdown on the Human Rights Community
This essay addresses the unprecedented crackdown against advocacy organizations – a crackdown that could permanently silence voices who seek...
Twenty-Five Years after the Coup that Ended the USSR
Russian tanks are not widely known as instruments of democracy, but at least one can claim that mantle. Twenty-five...
Why Is Russia Blowing Smoke (Literally)? The Military Uses of Artificial Fog
Russian armed forces caused the closed city of Severomorsk to "plunge into the fog" for three days (10-12 August),...
Armenia’s Everlasting Protest and Its Resonance in Post-Soviet States
The past July marked yet another summer of unrest in Armenia. However, unlike the protests of 2015 dubbed “Electric...
The Russian-Turkish Reset
The Erdogan-Putin August meeting is likely to be a beginning of a new phase in Turkish-Russian relations. The new...
The Suffocating Symbiosis: Russia Seeks Trojan Horses Inside Fractious Bulgaria’s Political Corral
Speaking at a November 2011 Valdai roundtable in Krasnogorsk, Russian President Vladimir Putin famously compared the European Union to...
The American Professional Military Ethic: Ephemeral and Unenforceable?
Despite concerns noted by scholars and professional military officers over the past 15 years, we have not paid enough...