Eurasia

“The important measure is not the targets destroyed but rather the effect on the enemy’s capabilities and actions.” -David A. Deptula, USAF “I have destroyed him with the weapons I abhorred, and they are his.  We have crossed each...

  In the aftermath of Western sanctions on Ukraine, many analysts have predicted that Russia will reorient its economy away from the West, with which it has profitably traded energy in exchange for investment and consumer goods, toward the...

Slovenia’s celebrity Marxist theoretician Slavoj Zizek gained a new and unexpected endorsement on Saturday. A leading expert on interpreting philosophers from Marx to Lacan to Hegel, Zizek is not a newcomer to Russian politics. He has written on the...

As Russian forces consolidate their gains in Ukraine over the flat protests of Western leaders, the specter of Russian revanchism is keeping much of Eastern Europe on edge. But lumbering tanks and legions of insta-separatists aren’t the only concern. Ukraine isn’t...

With the reported fall of the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, the Minsk II ceasefire looks like little more than a Russian maneuver, one that chips away at Western unity. From the start, many observers saw Minsk II as only a...

Nearly thirteen years since the United States and its allies undertook one of the largest efforts at nation building in recent history, prospects for Afghanistan’s future peace and prosperity are facing critical threats. The Taliban and affiliated insurgent groups...

Home-Grown Terrorism – Russia’s Ticking Bomb. Published in: ISN Zurich. July 8, 2014.  By: Maia Otarashvili and Aleksandr Fisher ...

Sarah Bush, “Are We Repeating Democracy Promotion Mistakes in Tunisia?” The Middle East Channel of Foreign Policy (2012). Link: https://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/07/09/are_we_repeating_democracy_promotion_mistakes  ...

Sarah Bush, “Confront or Conform? Rethinking U.S. Democracy Assistance,” Policy Brief, Project on Middle East Democracy (2013). Link: https://pomed.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/POMED-Policy-Brief-Bush.pdf...

Sarah Bush, “International Politics and the Spread of Quotas for Women in Legislatures,” International Organization (2011). Link: https://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8036782...