Decline in Oil Prices, Currency Pairs, and National Power
Last autumn, headlines began to declare national “winners and losers” from the precipitous drop in oil prices over the...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Decline in Oil Prices, Currency Pairs, and National Power
A nation must think before it acts.
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US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy: The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower
Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States led the post-World War II global economic recovery...
As ISIS Takes A Pounding While Nusra Takes Ground In Syria’s Security Vacuum
The U.S. led coalition appears to be slowly rolling back ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Fighting in Kobane to...
Lines in the Water: The United States and China’s Claims in the South China Sea
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of State released a 26-page technical report on China’s maritime claims in the South...
China Details Argument in South China Sea Dispute: China’s Position Paper and Philippine Diplomatic Gains
Yesterday, China’s foreign ministry released a position paper related to its maritime dispute with the Philippines in the South...
Chinese Submarines and Indian ASW in the Indian Ocean
How to deal with Chinese submarines in the Indian Ocean has become a practical question for India. In December...
You Don’t Win Hearts and Minds, You Rent Them – Reigniting Sunni Tribes Against ISIS
In 2008, Americans lauded the great success of ‘The Surge’ – implementation of broad new counterinsurgency doctrine that “Won...
Al Qaeda versus ISIS: In the campaign for jihad’s top slot, Yemen is a swing state.
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) rise began in the summer of 2013 but became fully evident...
“Why Don’t We Go After Assad in Syria First?” – Thoughts on Countering ISIS Part 4
(Editor’s Note: This blog post is derived from Clint Watts’ Ginsburg Lecture delivered at the National Liberty Museum on September 16, 2014.)...
Contested Border: China, India, and the Asian Century
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to India last week was supposed to have breathed new life into ties...