The Relevance of International Security and…Some Pictures of Kitties
By Joe Young Thomas Ricks recently opined in a Foreign Policy piece how irrelevant most of political science…
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What Young Ukrainians Are Fighting For
By Vera Mironova and guest contributor Sam Whitt Answering the Call to Arms in Ukraine What compels ordinary…
Middle East Misconceptions That Are Messing Up US Foreign Policy
By Barbara F. Walter Violence in the Middle East has a way of tapping into one-dimensional reactions from…
How Can ISIS Be Degraded or Destroyed?
Guest post by Brian J. Phillips President Obama has repeatedly said the goal of airstrikes against ISIS is…
Peacekeeping Has Worked, But Is It Working now?
By Lise Morjé Howard When I first started studying peacekeeping some 20 years ago, the popular view was that…
Dissecting Obama’s Four-Point Strategy Against ISIL
By Sara Bjerg Moller On Wednesday evening, President Obama took to the airwaves to announce his much-awaited strategy…
What to do about ISIS?: For Starters, Think Political as Well as Military Strategy
Guest post by Deborah Avant In looking at what the US – or anyone else – should do…
Mythbusting the Burden Sharing Problem
By Steve Saideman Yes, NATO countries do not spend equally on defense. NATO countries varied quite significantly in…
The Dangerous Mixture of Oil and Water in Iraq
Guest post by Ariel Ahram Iraq stands alone in the Arab world in having large quantities of two…
Secessionism: The Use of Violence and International Recognition
By Bridget Coggins As part of our “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me” series, Carter asked: “This…