The Local Proxy Problem
On Thursday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined a bold plan to expand the war against ISIS during...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Local Proxy Problem
A nation must think before it acts.
National Security Program
Who Conducted the Paris Attacks & Stormed the Bataclan Theater? ISIS? Al Qaeda?
*Posted on 13 November 2015, 1900 hours EST* Information regarding the Paris Attacks on Friday night November 13th remain limited...
Boosting Indonesia’s Naval and Air Defenses in the South China Sea
Until September, Indonesia seemed sure to increase its defense budget in the coming year. Rising concern over Chinese actions...
U.S. Troops in Syria: A Quick Assessment Of The U.S. Strategy To Combat The Islamic State – One Year On
Last week, the White House announced the deployment of a few dozen Special Forces soldiers to Syria. After more...
Why Leaders Fight
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How Can America Respond to a Double Standard in War?
When the Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, came under fire by an AC-130 gunship at the beginning...
The Big Chill: Domestic Insecurities and Sino-Japanese Relations
China and Japan sparred once again, this time at the United Nations. Last week, China’s ambassador for disarmament affairs...
Russia returns as al Qaeda and the Islamic State’s ‘Far Enemy’
The Soviet defeat and subsequent withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 left victorious Arab mujahideen adrift. Many retired from their...
U.S. Foreign Policy Aspirations and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Economic Integration and Political Alignment?
At times, it seemed as though the negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would go on interminably. Begun in...
The Almost-Normal Country: Japan and the Use of Force
The enactment of Japan’s new national security bills was a long time in the making. The bills, already passed...