Book Review: Gaidar’s Revolution
Alexei Golovkov had a problem with the portrait of Lenin in his office. Golovkov, a top official in Boris...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Book Review: Gaidar’s Revolution
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Outside Publications
Black Swans and Pink Flamingos: Five Principles for Force Design
What key lessons should U.S. policymakers and defense planners take away from the last 14 years of conflict? How...
The Bear in the Room
The protests that gripped Armenia in late June and early July have mostly ended. The protesters that once crowded Yerevan’s...
The Upside of Down: How the U.S. Wins by Losing Wars
When Sherlock Holmes first met Dr. Watson, the fictional detective famously declared: “You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.” Holmes...
America’s July 4 Military Nightmare: With Our Recent History, Could We Even Beat the British Today?
At 9:44 p.m. on July 27, 1953, Private First Class Harold B. Smith had just sixteen more minutes of...
This July Fourth: A New Push for Freedom From Terror
Crowded celebrations throughout the United States this July 4th are a tempting target for ISIS and other radical groups....
Putin Cracks Down on U.S. Press Reporting Russian Involvement in Ukraine
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has banned U.S. investigative journalist Simon Ostrovsky from working in Russia. On June 4, it denied...
What is Policy Relevance?
Attempts to bridge the gap between academia and the real world, especially in the area of international relations, have...
How to stop ISIS from recruiting American teens
American teenagers are among the key recruits targeted by propaganda from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. The...
Obama Cedes Mideast to Iran
The United States is on the verge of giving up its influence in the Middle East and the Persian...