Will Assad Use His Chemical Weapons?
By Taylor Marvin The risk of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime appears to be increasing. The New…
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Invest in Minesweepers
By Andrew Kydd I just attended an interesting forum sponsored by MadPac, the UW Madison pro-Israel group, on…
Foreign Policy in the Next Obama Administration
By Joe Young With the dust of the 2012 US election settling, we have an opportunity to assess…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth Yesterday, British Prime Minister David Cameron once again floated the idea of giving Bashar al-Assad…
Civilian Casualties, Democracy & Wealthy Countries
By Will H. Moore NYU Press has published a provocative book by Yagil Levy titled Israel’s Death Hierarchy:…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth Is Iran supporting Syria because Syria is Iran’s “route to the sea”? Not so much.…
Surprises and Non-Surprises at the Foreign Policy Debate
By Erica Chenoweth and Oliver Kaplan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tecohezcA78?rel=0&w=560&h=315] Here are a few thoughts on what was surprising —…
Why Don’t Americans Care About Foreign Policy?
By Joe Young Watching the last three debates (two presidential, one VP) is disheartening for the foreign policy…
Nobel Peace Prize for Indecision
By Steve Saideman The European Union was named this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. My daughter was most…
Timetables and Deadlines
By Andrew Kydd The Vice Presidential debate featured some interesting exchanges on foreign policy, too many for some…