In a Counterinsurgency Far, Far Away
The first great struggle between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire ended with the destruction of the Death...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
In a Counterinsurgency Far, Far Away
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Outside Publications
Can Washington Stop Doing Dumb Democracy Promotion, Please?
On Nov. 30, the Senate voted to confirm longtime international development expert Gayle Smith as the head of the U.S. Agency for...
5 Questions on the Islamic State for GOP Presidential Candidates
The final episode of this year’s worst reality television show — the GOP presidential primary contest — airs on...
Arming Our Allies: The Case for Offensive Capabilities
Some of the most vulnerable US allies, located near regional revisionists in Europe and Asia, are beginning to rethink...
The Promise and Peril of Universal Internet
In 1812, at Lynmouth, a coastal village in the south of England, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley spent...
A War of Priorities in Syria
Recent weeks have seen jolting reversals in the world’s attempt to bring an end to the war in Syria:...
Boredom at the Ballot Box in Egypt
It’s almost all over. A parliamentary election for Egypt’s House of Representatives, which has dragged on for over a...
ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqaa
Executive Summary While not as large as in many other Western countries, ISIS-related mobilization in the United States has been...
Polling for Power
Appearnces to the contrary, not all states and regimes in the Middle East are collapsing. Recent elections in Egypt...
When Smuggling Was Heroic
As stories about human smugglers manipulating victimized migrants dominate international airwaves, internet readers on both sides of the Atlantic...