By Elisabeth Braw Defense One As we speak, U.S. troops are training Afghan armed forces. U.S.forces were also training them last year, and the year before that. In fact, American troops have been […]
By Emerson T. Brooking & Peter W. Singer The Atlantic Like most everything today, the campaign was launched with a hashtag. But instead of promoting a new album or a […]
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 […]
By Amy Jaffe & Jareer Elass Journal of International Affairs Oil has shaped international conflict for many decades. According to one estimate, between 25% to 50% of interstate wars between […]
By Stephen Kotkin Foreign Affairs For half a millennium, Russian foreign policy has been characterized by soaring ambitions that have exceeded the country’s capabilities. Beginning with the reign of Ivan […]
By Vuk Vuksanovic Pulse Love him or hate him, but for better or worse Russian President Vladimir Putin has a talent for surprising the world. After six months of Russian […]
By Richard Weitz Yale Global Recent clashes in Ukraine, Syria and the South China Sea indicate the magnitude of the challenges that revisionist powers Russia and China present to the […]
By Jeffrey A. Stacey Foreign Affairs In the days after Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 aircraft, the world waited to see how Russian President Vladimir Putin and his advisers […]
By Ali Fakih & Walid Marrouch Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Since the eruption of the Syrian conflict in March 2011, the world came to face the largest wave of […]
By Jeffrey Gedmin The American Interest “In the history of warfare I do not recollect a more fortunate retreat”, one of George Washington’s closest aides once said. The reference was […]
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