Category: Conflict & Security
172 Articles
- 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
- Conflict & Security
All For One and One For All: Toward A Coordinated EU Approach on Returnees
To successfully combat the threat posed by returning foreign fighters who intend to do harm, European Union officials may need to aggressively root out potential terrorists…
November 25, 2017
- Conflict & Security
Indo-U.S. Relations: Mapping the Contours
India-U.S. relations have made significant strides in the post-Cold War era, leaving the infamous tag of “estranged democracies” behind. In fact, the two countries…
October 4, 2017
- Conflict & Security
Countering Violent Extremism in the Horn of Africa
The terrorist group initially focused its operations in the country. However, the July 2010 dual bombings in the Ugandan capital of Kampala underscored the group’s shift in…
October 10, 2015
- Conflict & Security
Brother, Can You Pare a DIME?
Generally speaking, useful typologies have mutually exclusive parts and capture all the essential elements of a concept. For example, biologists have an extremely well-developed…
March 26, 2015
- Conflict & Security
Remembering Religious Minorities in Syria
Given the conflict’s sectarian nature and religious minorities’ legitimate fear that they face an existential threat within their own state, it is imperative that these…
October 7, 2013
- Conflict & Security
Human Rights, Refugees, and the Conflict over the Western Sahara
The Polisario has repeatedly been accused of massive human rights violations against a refugee population that they supposedly manage and protect. Moreover, the group has been…
September 24, 2013
- Conflict & Security
The Westgate Mall Attack and the Future of Terrorism
The Westgate attack is itself a variation of a previous highly successful operation: an urban warfare assault in Mumbai, India, that the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba executed…
September 23, 2013