The Kremlin Pulls on Georgia
As Russian forces consolidate their gains in Ukraine over the flat protests of Western leaders, the specter of Russian revanchism is...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Kremlin Pulls on Georgia
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Outside Publications
New Pressures on the UN Security Council to Lift Its Arms Embargo on Libya
Pressures mounted on the United Nations Security Council yesterday to lift its international embargo on arms to the Libyan...
The Obama Administration’s Strategic Black Hole
The Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 mandated that the president issue a national security strategy (NSS)...
Foreign Policy by Map
George W. Bush left office with his activist foreign policy in disrepute. Fast-forward six years: President Barack Obama has...
On Iran: It’s Not about the Bomb, It’s about the Strategy
This weekend’s Sunday-morning talk shows remained focused on Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress and its possible effect on the ongoing...
Negotiating a Strong Deal with Iran
In his recent book Nuclear Iran (Harvard University Press, 2014), Jeremy Bernstein notes that centrifuge plants are simpler to conceal than nuclear reactors. Under the terms...
Why Russia Will Escalate
The war in Ukraine will not be settled by negotiations and is likely to see a further escalation of...
A Growing Rift Between Washington and the Gulf States on Yemen
Activity intensified over the past week at the United Nations with respect to the deteriorating situation in Yemen —...
The Lost Dimension: Food Security and the South China Sea Disputes
I. Introduction The rationale for establishment of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the United Nations Convention on the...
With Friends Like These
On September 10, 2014, President Obama laid out American objectives in Iraq. The U.S. would work to “degrade and...