Soleimani’s Assassination: What Will Iran Do Next?
By Navin Bapat On January 2, an American airstrike killed Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. Soleimani was the famed…
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Valerie Morkevicius and Danielle LuptonWas the Killing of Qassem Soleimani Justified?
By Valerie Morkevicius and Danielle Lupton The United States recently launched a targeted drone strike, killing Qassem Soleimani.…
The Lesson of the Afghanistan Papers
By Navin Bapat The Washington Post’s publication of the Afghanistan Papers reveals that, although the official line was…
Explaining Turkey’s Cross-Border Operation into Syria
By Lionel Beehner The Turkish incursion into northern Syria has revealed a central truth in international affairs: that the…
Do Americans Support Using Nuclear Weapons Because They Don’t Understand the Consequences?
Guest post by Lisa Langdon Koch and Matthew Wells. Seventy-four years ago last week, the United States dropped…
Why Old Societies are the Most Peaceful and Young Societies are Conflict Prone
Guest post by Deborah Jordan Brooks, Stephen G. Brooks, Brian Greenhill, and Mark L. Haas. Numerous reports in…
Territorial Contenders – A New Agenda for Conflict Research
Guest post by Douglas Lemke and Charles Crabtree. With the recent territorial defeat of ISIS, American foreign policy…
Propaganda is Changing the Face of Modern Warfare: Here’s What We Can Do About It
Guest post by Tucker Johnson. Deep in the Colombian jungle in December 2011, an advertising firm contracted by…
What Game of Thrones Can Tell Us About Russia’s Foreign Policy
Guest post by Betcy Jose and Christoph Stefes. White House National Security Advisor John Bolton recently declared, “In…
Iran’s Long Shadow in Syria
Guest post by Khaled Terkawi. When I was in the old Homs city in 2012, the rebels arrested…