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The PLA’s Evolving Role in China’s South China Sea Strategy
December 2020
During the past eight months of the global COVID pandemic, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been active in promoting China’s claims in the South China Sea. This essay evaluates PLA...
From Denial to Punishment: The Security Dilemma and Changes in India’s Military Strategy towards China
November 2018
This article argues that China’s rise and its growing military power have intensified the Sino-Indian security dilemma.
American Crossings: Border Politics in the Western Hemisphere (edited volume)
November 2016
In American Crossings, nine scholars consider the complicated modern history of borders in the Western Hemisphere, examining borders as geopolitical boundaries, key locations for internal security,...
China's Security Agenda Transcends the South China Sea
June 2016
In 2013, China president Xi Jinping launched a massive reclamation and construction campaign on seven reefs in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
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.
Informal Networks, Economic Livelihoods and the Politics of Social Welfare: Understanding the Political And Humanitarian Consequences of the War on Terrorist Finance
June 2011
First paragraph of the article: Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there has been considerable debate with respect to the utility and the consequences of the global campaign against...
Entangled Geographies: Empire and Technopolitics in the Global Cold War (ed. volume)
April 2011
From MIT Press "The Cold War was not simply a duel of superpowers.
Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts: The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict
May 2010
At least 200,000-250,000 people died in the war in Bosnia. "There are three million child soldiers in Africa." "More than 650,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the U.S.
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.
Edge of Disaster, The: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation
February 2007
We have learned little from the cataclysms of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina. When it comes to catastrophe, America is living on borrowed time--and squandering it.
Separatist Wars, Partition, and World Order
July 2004
Should ethnonationalist wars be resolved by formally partitioning states?
Comparative Analysis of Approaches to the Protection of Fissile Materials, A
May 1998
From the preface: "Events in recent years have caused heightened concern about the security of weapons-usable nuclear material.