Publications

In These Pages In perhaps the most momentous decision of his presidency to date, President Obama decided late last year to increase US troop levels in Afghanistan and pursue a population-centric “counterinsurgency” approach in that country. Presumably, President Obama...

Abstract The casual media observer might well believe that nuclear terrorism is highly likely in the United States and it is a question of “when, not if.” This is the view of the “conventionalists.” But there is a second...

Abstract Despite the manifold problems in Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov’s radical reform agenda, there is clear evidence that such a program is being implemented regardless of opposition from those in uniform, especially on the General Staff. It is...

The following account is based on a panel discussion FPRI co-sponsored with the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Center for East Asian Studies in May 2009 and follow-up discussions among several of the panel...

Service was Al Haig’s mission. Courage was his defining characteristic. Patriotism was his motivating force. Al and I met over forty years ago. I had been appointed Security Advisor to President Nixon, who had inherited a war that, by...

Like so many things, it began and it ended in New York. In December 1988, the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union flew into the city amidst great fanfare and anticipation. President Ronald Reagan, President-elect George...

On January 25, 2010, FPRI held a conference, co-sponsored with the Reserve Officers Association, examining power in East Asia and shifts in its distribution and meaning. This report summarizes that conference. Video of the conference is available at /research/asia. ...

Most of us are aware of the many wonderful uses of the Global Positioning System (GPS) that allows us to pinpoint our location anywhere on the globe, often within just a few meters.  We find our way in our...

While the EU is as beset as ever by internal divisions, European elites’ ambitions for strengthening integration now revolve around greater foreign policy engagement and effectiveness. This is the central paradox of the Lisbon Treaty: an arrangement supposed to...

Introduction FPRI’s Program on National Security held a conference on the foreign fighter problem, July 14-15, 2009, at the National Press in Washington, D.C. Michael Horowitz, Michael P. Noonan, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Harvey Sicherman, and Stephanie Kaplan served as...