Is War Really on the Decline? And if so, Why?
By Lionel Beehner AlexAK, who commented on our “Would Someone Please Explain This to Me?” post, asked this…
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The Paradox of 2014
By Erica Chenoweth In recent weeks, a number of people have asked me whether I think we’re headed for…
Why Hamas Escalated, When Before They Didn’t
By Allison Beth Hodgkins Just a short while ago it seemed that the Islamic militant group Hamas had everything…
4 Things Everyone Should Know about the Likelihood of a Negotiated Settlement in Iraq
By Barbara F. Walter It has become increasingly clear that the civil war in Iraq will likely not have…
Our (Near) Failing Report Card on Armed Conflict
By Lionel Beehner With Iraq imploding, two new reports on armed conflict essentially ask: How are we doing?…
Iraq’s Ongoing Crisis
By Taylor Marvin Once again, violence in Iraq dominates world headlines. Last week the Sunni Muslim jihadist group alternatively…
Micro-Management in Defense: Bane or Boon
By Steve Saideman In the past week I have watched the Errol Morris documentary on Donald Rumsfeld (The…
The VA Scandal: One Hypothesis
By Tanisha M. Fazal As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, it is important to remember…
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,…