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Arming Icebreakers

31 August 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows.  Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Defending Kevin Davis’s “The Brain Defense”

6 July 2017by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By Andreas Kuersten TheThresh.com The drafting of a book is an intense undertaking, requiring a significant devotion of time and effort. Accordingly, book reviewers have an obligation to apply themselves […]

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LAW, ORIGINAL CONTENT

The Hollowness of the Arguments of the FCC and FTC Chairmen Regarding Internet Consumer Privacy

7 April 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Jurist Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Maureen Ohlhausen begin their recent op-ed (a bull-headed defense […]

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LAW

The Arctic Five Versus the Arctic Council

24 March 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal As climate change opens the Arctic to human activity and the region steadily captures more international attention, a rich tapestry of Arctic international governance […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Battle for the Arctic

15 November 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The National Interest Anyone who’s paid any attention to media coverage of the Arctic, even just in passing, knows that there’s a battle brewing for the top […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Dangerous Myth of an ‘Icebreaker Gap’

12 September 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Defense One America is finally taking steps to fix its woeful shortage of icebreakers, the armor-bowed vessels that enable year-round presence and passage through the ever-more-important Arctic […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

U.S. and Chinese “Cracks” and the Future of Cross-Pacific Relations

13 June 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Montreal Review It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital, September 27th, 2015; the day after Chinese President Xi Xinping departed for New York City.  Chinese flags […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Why Can’t America Build an Icebreaker?

7 January 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal The United States is one of five countries with an Arctic coastline and continental shelf. As such, it is both burdened with direct responsibility […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Brain Scans in the Courtroom

1 December 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Scientist A group of men exit a city hotel and begin making their way to a waiting car. As they approach the vehicle, another man opens […]

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LAW

Shale we Dance?

23 November 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Five years ago, if one were to assert that by 2014 the United States would become the world’s top oil producer, the […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

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