Orbis Spring 2016

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Orbis
Spring 2016
Volume 60
Number 2

Editor’s Corner Spring 2016

Mackubin Thomas Owens

Article References

Could Four Simmering Global Crises Boil Over?

Arthur Waldron

The Cyber Threat to Nuclear Stability

Paul Bracken

The Fall of Empires and the Formation of the Modern Middle East

Adam Garfinkle

Avoiding Strategic Inertia: Enabling the National Security Council

On Strategy, Grand and Mundane

Paul Miller

The Futility of Buffer Zones in International Politics

Why Germany Won’t Be Dropping Bombs on Syria, Iraq or Mali

Douglas C. Peifer

Global Governance Structure for Infectious Disease: An Enforceable Strategy

Beijing’s March West: Opportunities and Challenges for China’s Eurasian Pivot

Michael Clarke

Review Essays

The Crucial Role of Leaders in Democratic Transitions

Adrian A. Basora

Orbis Spring 2016