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Monthly Archives: August 2016

Developing Pragmatic Military Strategy

30 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andrew J. Bacevich Foreign Affairs During the Cold War, the United States preferred to husband, rather than expend, its military power. The idea was not to fight but to defend, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Limits of Science

29 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Mikkel Krenchel & Christian Madsbjerg Foreign Affairs If you’ve ever listened to a TED Talk or read a popular science book about human behavior, chances are good that you’ve heard fascinating […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

How the Money Bail System Perpetuates America’s Mass Incarceration Problem

26 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jared Keller Pacific Standard At this very moment, nearly 450,000 Americans are sitting in county jails not because they’ve been charged with a crime, but because they simply don’t […]

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Reinvigorating Interest in the Final Frontier

25 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

The Economist It may turn out to be a bare and barren rock. The fact that liquid water could be flowing across the surface of the planet just discovered orbiting […]

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It was Never Golden

23 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Alan Jay Levinovitz Aeon ‘Make the world great again!’ thunder the prophets, religious and secular alike, who know our need for mythic comfort in the face of unjust reality. And […]

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Chasing ISIS Through Europe

22 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Mitch Prothero Buzzfeed The assignment given to the Belgian police in the summer of 2014 was straightforward but high stakes: Follow two men suspected of involvement with ISIS through […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Bringing the Rural Poor Into the Digital Economy

17 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Maria Konnikova Pacific Standard When it comes to high-speed Internet, Arkansas lags behind the rest of the country, typically coming in last or next-to-last in surveys of availability and access. […]

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LAW

How the Arab World Came Apart

16 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Scott Anderson The New York Times Magazine History never flows in a predictable way. It is always a result of seemingly random currents and incidents, the significance of which […]

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The Hidden Costs of America’s Addiction to Mercenaries

15 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sean McFate Defense One As President Obama prepares to hand off combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and elsewhere, to his successor, he’s also bequeathing a way of war […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Inside China’s Unique Space Ambitions

11 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Namrata Goswami The Diplomat China’s space ambitions and goals are unique. Unlike the space rivalry between the United States and the former USSR, which was mostly about “who got where […]

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