The Trouble with Optimism: Syria in the Rear-View Mirror
It is a touching characteristic of the optimistic liberal soul that it perennially inclines to believe that bad situations...
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Advances in Medicine During Wars: A Primer
Besides the well-known technical advances that have occurred during major wars of the past 150 years, each one also...
Where’s the Beef? The House Intelligence Committee Memo Provides Few Answers and Leaves Many Questions
After touting its content with almost breathless anticipation, the Republican majority of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence...
Is the U.S. Backing a Serious Reformer or Reckless Driver in Riyadh?
The young, brash, and inexperienced Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) spent 2017 breaking long-standing Saudi traditions in...
American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump: A Report
On January 23, Hal Brands, the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University...
The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: Signaling Restraint with Stipulations
The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is a thoughtful, deliberative report that captures the big strategic issues facing the...
The TPP is Back with a Vengeance
As corporate titans from the world gathered at Davos, it should have not been a surprise that U.S. President...
A Response to “Americans, the NSA is Still Listening: Section 702 is Alive and Well”
With Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) now reauthorized for the next six years, Lawrence...
Americans, the NSA is Still Listening: Section 702 is Alive and Well
George W. Croner, in his January 22, 2018 E-Note “Terrorists, America is Still Listening: Section 702 is Alive and...
Terrorists, America is Still Listening: Section 702 is Alive and Well
Although falling well short of a civics paradigm of legislative deliberation, with Senate passage of S. 139, the reauthorization...