Scholars in the News September 22, 2014 FPRI’s Felix Chang Cited in Bloomberg.com Report on Ethnic Clashes in China “China’s response to the unrest has been to tighten security, promote economic development in the province, and encourage more... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 18, 2014 FPRI’s Mike Noonan Blogs for US News Opinion about the Strategic Consequences of Redrawing the Map of International Politics “Whether motivated by ethnonationalism or religious beliefs, such revanchist or irredentist aims are in no way new. However, this... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 17, 2014 FPRI’s Michael Noonan Quoted in Mashable Article on the Possibility of a Ground War Against ISIS “The whole notion of ‘no boots on the ground’ really seems to mean that there will be no large-scale... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 15, 2014 FPRI Board of Advisors Member Kori Schake in Foreign Policy on “America’s Halfhearted ‘Pivot’ to Asia” “Whatever Obama may say about rebalancing, the United States remains preoccupied with the Middle East.” Read the full article... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 15, 2014 FPRI’s Jakub Grygiel in the American Interest on “The Russian Autocrat’s Eternal Return” “Russia has always presented a puzzle to the Western analyst and policymaker. Too big to be ignored, yet too... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 9, 2014 FPRI’s Michael Cecire Quoted in the BBC on Frozen Conflicts “There are several patterns one can see repeated in Russian meddling in its periphery…For one thing, Moscow is very... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 8, 2014 FPRI’s Clint Watts Quoted in Vox.com on Westerners Joining ISIS “The 9/11 attacks took a couple years to put together and pull off. To expect ISIS to be able... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 6, 2014 FPRI’s Clint Watts Interviewed on NPR about ISIS’s Use of Social Media “…part of their motivation for going is that they get to communicate back to their communities that they’re participating.... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 6, 2014 FPRI’s Barak Mendelsohn Quoted in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on ISIS “Al-Qaida has similar ambitions, but compared with ISIS, it has tried to pull a broader group of Muslims under... Read more »
Scholars in the News September 6, 2014 FPRI’s Jacques deLisle Quoted in South China Morning Post on Xi Jinping’s Lack of Political Reforms “The picture that has emerged in Xi’s first two years in power is that either he does not have... Read more »