Seventy-five Years Ago: Remembering Pearl Harbor and a World at War
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor offers an opportunity to look back on the world-changing events...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Seventy-five Years Ago: Remembering Pearl Harbor and a World at War
A nation must think before it acts.
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8 Foreign Policy Questions Trump Needs to Ask
President-elect Donald Trump is in the midst of selecting his national security team. He not only needs to decide...
Suspend the Iran Nuclear Agreement, Mr. Trump
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quick to warn President-elect Donald Trump that the United States is "duty-bound...
Germany Returns to the Baltic Sea
Germany is now back in the Baltic Sea—in a big way. After the Cold War, Germany took a relatively...
NATO’s Warsaw Summit Leaves Russia Isolated and Dangerous
Al-Majalla President Putin’s government’s actions over the past few years have left Russia largely isolated from majority of the...
Exceptionalism, Empire, and the Dark Side of National Greatness
This piece, originally a lecture given at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, contextualizes the notion of exceptionalism by looking at...
Distinguishing the True from the False: Fakes & Forgeries in Russia’s Information War Against Ukraine
The intent of Russian strategic deception is to alter a target population's perception of reality in the interest of...
The FARC-Colombian Peace Deal: No Better Option
The recent peace deal between FARC and the Colombian government is slated to end one of the longest-running conflicts...
Great War at Sea: Remembering the Battle of Jutland
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the largest sea fight of the First World War, a clash between...
Dithering, Dreaming and Speechmaking: Wilson’s Strategy During the First World War
The unpreparedness of the United States Army for war on the Western Front was directly linked to the national...