A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
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A nation must think before it acts.
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From Counterterrorism to Conventional Threats: The Future of War
For the inaugural session of our new Main Line Briefings, hosted and cosponsored by The Haverford School, we are pleased ...
Read more »Baltic Independence at 100
In this lecture, Stephen Kotkin will explore the geopolitical forces that buffeted the Baltic states during the 20th century ...
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Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War
Drawing on recently declassified documents, John Lehman tells the untold story of the Cold War at sea — and why ...
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Is Israel Losing Its Soul?
On July 19, Israel’s parliament passed a controversial nation-state law. Designed by its proponents to promote Israel as the nation-state of ...
Read more »Authoritarianism in Europe in the 20th Century – and the 21st
Drawing on her book in progress, Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Regime to the Present Day (Oxford ...
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Ending the Great War
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Why did Germany lose the war? ...
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Syria between Russia and the US: Is There a Path to Peace?
The war in Syria is reaching a decisive point. As the campaign against ISIL winds down, the battle for influence ...
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America’s Machiavellian Moment: Origins of the Atlantic Republican Tradition [Or, Where Did the Founders Get Their Ideas?]
In this lecture, FPRI’s Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Walter McDougall delves deeply into the origins of the American political tradition ...
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Navigating the Global Financial System amid Terrorist Networks, Arms Smugglers, Sanctions, and Money Laundering
Juan Zarate served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism from 2005 to 2009, and was the first ...
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President Carter: The White House Years
In what is heralded as the definitive history of Jimmy Carter’s presidency by a key policy advisor, Eizenstat’s book provides an insider ...
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