Category: Conflict & Security
169 Articles
- Conflict & Security
U.S. Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic Alliances: A Comparison
Similarities To date, East Asian and European allies have enjoyed relative safety under the patronage of the United States. Through formal alliance agreements, the United States…
January 6, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Tunisia’s Fraying Governing Coalition Threatens to Undermine CVE/CT Strategy
A Deficient Approach to CVE/CT The Tunisian government’s existing CVE/CT policy has often focused on heavy-handed law enforcement tactics. It has closed mosques and removed…
December 19, 2018
- Conflict & Security
A Rules-Based Order to Keep the Internet Open and Secure
When J.P. Barlow presented his 1996 “Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” in Davos, cyberspace was idealized as a separate universe, detached from the ‘real’…
October 30, 2018
- Conflict & Security
Tariff War to Turbot War: How a United States-China Trade Conflict Could Spiral Out of Control
As with most international disputes, a wide range of possible scenarios exists, some of which have already been set in motion. The Trump administration’s plan is to use tariffs…
October 20, 2018
- Conflict & Security
Trump’s Drone Policy: The Continuation of a Legacy
After he won the presidency, journalists speculated that Trump was looking to expand upon, and revitalize, Obama’s drone policy. According to The New York Times, Trump has…
June 14, 2018
- Conflict & Security
Overcoming Friendly Force Dilemmas: How the US Can Strengthen NATO and the EU
Over the last several years, major new challenges have confronted European security. Russia’s illegal land grab in Ukraine and ISIS-inspired transnational terrorism are two of…
May 17, 2018
- Conflict & Security
2018 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections: Carnival or Storm?
The waters of Lebanese politics have since calmed and the first parliamentary elections in nearly ten years are set for this May. Once regarded as “the Paris of the Middle,…
April 19, 2018
- Conflict & Security
The Seven Capacities of States: a Meta-Geopolitical Framework
Taken together, these two observations prompt the development of what I have previously referred to as Neo-Statecraft, of which Meta-geopolitics forms a key component. Distinct…
March 8, 2018
- Conflict & Security
The Legality of Dual Interrogations for High-Value Terrorists
With the start of the 2001 “War on Terror,” the interrogation of detainees engaged in conducting or plotting terrorism has been a source of much consternation — from both…
January 25, 2018