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The U.S. Military Needs a Teacher Corps to Train Its Partners

9 January 2018by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

War Goes Viral

21 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

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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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

War and the Oil Price Cycle

8 June 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Russia’s Perpetual Geopolitics

10 May 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Strategic Logic of Russia’s Withdrawal from Syria

23 March 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Increasing use of Hybrid Warfare Among Great Powers

13 January 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Utility of Crises in International Affairs

2 December 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Economic Impacts of Syrian Refugees on Host Countries

12 November 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Reclaiming the Initiative From Russia

22 October 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

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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