Is Scotland Loss Really a Win?
Guest post by Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham Voters in Scotland rejected becoming an independent nation on Thursday (55.3% no…
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What Was England Thinking?
By Barbara F. Walter One of the first things you learn in Management 101 is that you don’t…
Mythbusting the Burden Sharing Problem
By Steve Saideman Yes, NATO countries do not spend equally on defense. NATO countries varied quite significantly in…
The Reports of War’s Demise Have Been Somewhat Exaggerated
By Tanisha M. Fazal To many, current conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and Gaza make the world seem…
Irregular Forces in Ukraine
Guest post by Sabine C. Carey and Neil J. Mitchell With the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17,…
The Blame Game
By Andrew Kydd The downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine with the loss of almost 300…
There Will Be No Civil War in Ukraine, And Putin Knows It
By Barbara F. Walter Last Wednesday Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Ukraine “is as close to…
The Crimea Crisis and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Guest post by Ehud Eiran A Russian-French confrontation in the Holy Land in the middle of the 19th century…
Fleet Weak
By Lionel Beehner There is much talk of Russia as a rising naval power, with its seizure of Crimea,…
The Sanctions Boomerang
Guest post by Branislav L. Slantchev Ever since Russia escalated the crisis in Ukraine with the annexation of…