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…
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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…
Timetables and Deadlines
By Andrew Kydd The Vice Presidential debate featured some interesting exchanges on foreign policy, too many for some…
Friday Puzzler: Why Did the Governments in Egypt and Libya Respond So Differently to the Embassy Attacks?
By Barbara F. Walter On September 11, 2012, US embassies in Egypt and Libya were attacked. While the…
Naughty or Nice? The Politics of the FTO List
By Joseph Young For casual observers, the recent dust-up over the delisting of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or MEK, from…
Friday Puzzler: If Presidential Debates Have Little Effect, Why Engage in Them?
By Barbara F. Walter Over at The Monkey Cage, John Sides has a timely post on the influence…
Friday Puzzler: Why the US Kills Its Enemies, Answered
By Taylor Marvin Last week we asked why the US suddenly seems to have litte interest in capturing…