Can the United States Do Grand Strategy?
Abstract Two big issues that scholars and strategists need to address are simply: does grand strategy have to be...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Can the United States Do Grand Strategy?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Counterinsurgency Principles for the Diplomat
Abstract The recent resurgence of interest in insurgency and counterinsurgency has revealed a deficit in material written by and...
Putting a Human and Historical Face on Intelligence Contracting
Abstract This history of intelligence contracting in the United States is in many ways the story of American intelligence...
The United States and the Promotion of Democracy in Latin America: Then, Now and Tomorrow
Abstract The United States has been deeply involved in Latin American affairs for over a century, but promoting democracy...
The Costs of Respecting Sovereignty
Abstract Respect for sovereignty can be an effective tool to manage relations between states, drawing boundaries of acceptable behavior....
Nuclear Terrorism Redux: Conventionalists, Skeptics, and the Margin of Safety
Abstract The casual media observer might well believe that nuclear terrorism is highly likely in the United States and...
Editor’s Corner Spring 2010
In These Pages In perhaps the most momentous decision of his presidency to date, President Obama decided late last...
Serdyukov Promotes Systemic Russian Military Reform
Abstract Despite the manifold problems in Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov’s radical reform agenda, there is clear evidence that...
Bridging the Gap Between the Worlds of Ideas and Action
Abstract The World War II experience of public service created a generation of scholars who devoted themselves to policy-relevant...
“Moral Insanity” and “Moral Squalor”: Terrorism as a Political and Cultural Phenomenon
Michael Burleigh. Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism (New York: HarperCollins, 2008), 576 pp. Read the full article...