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Al Qaeda’s Franchise Reboot
September 2020
Nineteen years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, does al Qaeda still pose a significant threat to U.S. national security?
What Explains Counterterrorism Effectiveness? Evidence from the U.S. Drone War in Pakistan
November 2018
Abstract For years, the U.S. government has been waging counterterrorism campaigns against al-Qaida and other armed groups in safe havens and weak states.
Uneasy Partnerships: China’s Engagement with Japan, the Koreas, and Russia in the Era of Reform
April 2017
Uneasy Partnerships presents the analysis and insights of practitioners and scholars who have shaped and examined China's interactions with key Northeast Asian partners.
The Pivot before the Pivot: U.S. Strategy to Preserve the Power Balance in Asia
May 2016
The United States’ strategic reorientation toward the Asia Pacific began not under the Barack Obama administration, but under the George W. Bush administration.
Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World
September 2015
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy initiated a bold new policy of engaging states that had chosen to remain nonaligned in the Cold War.
Why Status Matters in World Politics (book chapter)
March 2015
According to traditional theories of world politics, peaceful power transitions only happen when the rising power continues to profit from the institutional order held together by the material...
Reassessing the All-Volunteer Force
December 2013
Karl Eikenberry, former ambassador to Afghanistan and retired U.S.
Pakistan's Foreign Policy Calibration
May 2013
Following Pakistan's historic elections held in May 2013, CISAC Visiting Scholar Rifaat Hussein discusses next steps for Islamabad's foreign policy, particularly in relations with India, a new...
Will Threats Deter Nuclear Terrorism?
September 2012
Book description: During the Cold War, deterrence theory was the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.
French nuclear idiosyncrasy: how it affects French nuclear policies towards the United Arab Emirates and Iran
March 2012
Abstract: This article elaborates the notion of ‘nuclear idiosyncrasy’ as a specific understanding of what nuclear weapons and energy are, what they stand for and what they can do.
Global Implications of China's Challenges – Part I
January 2012
For the past two decades China has been a poster child of successful globalization, integrating with the world and in the process lifting millions of citizens out of poverty.
The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law
December 2011
From Oxford University Press: There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human rights...
Introduction: Reviewing the Nuclear Posture Review
March 2011
Abstract The Obama administration has argued that its efforts to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in US defense policy and work toward “a world free of nuclear weapons” will encourage other...
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: Promising Start Despite Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Animosity
January 2011
Recent breakdowns in American national security have exposed the weaknesses of the nation's vast overlapping security and foreign policy bureaucracy and the often dysfunctional interagency process....
Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement, Coercion and Foreign Policy
December 2010
From Cornell University Press: At first glance, the U.S.
Gas & Geopolitics: The Foreign Policy Implications of Energy Import Dependency
May 2010
In recent years, much attention has focused on the dangers of dependency on energy imports.
Does Soft Power Matter? A Comparative Analysis of Student Exchange Programs 1980-2006
January 2010
Democratic governance depends not only on the building of democratic institutions but also on citizens' knowledge about how these institutions should function in their everyday lives.
Iran's Nuclear and Missile Potential: A Joint Threat Assessment by U.S. and Russian Technical Experts
May 2009
A confluence of events has presented the Russian Federation and the United States with an unusual opportunity to transform their relationship.
Power and Responsibility: Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threats
March 2009
The post-World War II fabric of global security, designed and maintained by the United States, has dangerously frayed.
Mongolia and Her Uranium Prospects
February 2009
The entry of Mongolia to the league of democracy took place less than two decades ago.
Global Politics of Defense Reform
December 2008
This volume analyzes the impact of key global trends on civil-military relations by examining defense reform processes since the end of the Cold War.
A Silver Lining to the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
October 2008
"Without a doubt, the U.S.-India nuclear deal presents a serious challenge to the NPT. But it also presents an opportunity to strengthening the regime and its most important, relevant elements."
Autocratic Audience Costs: Regime Type and Signaling Resolve
January 2008
Scholars of international relations usually argue that democracies are better able to signal their foreign policy intentions than nondemocracies, in part because democracies have an advantage in...
Reforming Intelligence: Obstacles to Democratic Control and Effectiveness
December 2007
These days, it's rare to pick up a newspaper and not see a story related to intelligence.
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