The Middle East Circa 2016
When I received the assignment for today, it reminded me of that 1999 book, Dow 36,000. At the time...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Middle East Circa 2016
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for E-Notes
Fixing the Facts or Missing the Mark? Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq
The major national security controversies over the last decade have revolved around intelligence. Critics blamed the intelligence community for...
How We Failed in Afghanistan and How We Can Do Better
The “policy wonks” who assume high government office after an election rarely think about implementation. They act as if...
Beyond the Tenth Year in Afghanistan: Security Force Assistance and International Security
Ten years ago, Afghanistan was politically fractured, economically irrelevant, and socially repressive. The Taliban government, recognized by only three...
U.S. Foreign Policy in Post-SOFA Iraq
The end of 2011 will mark a watershed in U.S.-Iraqi relations. The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that the...
9/11 and U.S.-China Relations
In several respects, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington led to improvement in United-States-China...
Between Piracy and Persia: Mounting Threats to Maritime Chokepoints in the Middle East
Maritime chokepoints are among the most sensitive locations where geography, trade, and politics meet. The challenges posed by Middle...
The Disruptive Cost of Fear – Our Desire to Return to the World of September 10th and What It Has Cost Us
As my FPRI colleagues and I have written many times since September 11, 2001, the goal of terrorism is...
America Ten Years After 9-11
Thinking back to that awful September day in 2011, the first thing to come to mind is that given...
Do the Post-Communist Transitions Offer Lessons for the Arab World?
When the Arab uprisings were just beginning in Tunisia and Egypt in early 2011, few “experts” on the Middle...