Category: Conflict & Security
169 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy for the Middle East and North Africa
Traditionally, the United States has approached the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from a security lens. It pursues a set of core interests: countering terrorism and…
October 28, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Indo-Pacific Strategy: Promoting Democracy in South Asia
The United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy was created to counter China’s military and economic expansion in the Indo-Pacific region, a vast geographic area stretching from the…
August 27, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Intangible Benefits of a Domestic Terrorism Statute
Recent reporting by Bloomberg News indicates that executive branch discussions regarding the need for a domestic terrorism law are increasing. A senior Department of Justice ) …
June 24, 2021
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Deplatforming and Adaptation: Similarities Between Religious and Ideological Extremism
The Spectrum of Extremis On March 17th this year, Mike Burgess, the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), announced in his Annual Threat…
May 24, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Inclusive Governance in Upper Karabakh Can Bring a Lasting Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace
The so-called “Forty-Four-Day War” between Armenia and Azerbaijan in late 2020 resulted from the abject failure of the protracted peace process that was mediated by the OSCE…
May 18, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Myanmar in the Balance
What would life be like in Myanmar if the military no longer had any political power? Citizens have been trying to picture this as they have tenaciously continued their…
May 17, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Digitalization of Hate Speech in South and Southeast Asia: Conflict-Mitigation Approaches
Last fall, French President Emmanuel Macron publicly criticized Muslim extremism and defended French citizens’ right to caricature the Islamic Prophet Mohammad on the grounds…
May 5, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Navalny Affair: The Domestic and International Consequences for Putin
Alexei Navalny, arguably Russia’s most prominent anti-corruption campaigner and opposition figure, survived an attempted assassination by poisoning in August 2020. Images of…
May 3, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Recent Push to Expand the Draft to Include Women, and Why It Still Faces an Uphill Climb
On February 10, 2021, ten retired general and flag officers—seven men and three women—including General (Retired) Stanley McChrystal and Lieutenant General (Retired) Claudia…
April 8, 2021
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Unfinished Business: Biafran Activism in Nigeria Today
In the late 1960s, Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, nearly disintegrated when its eastern region broke away as the Republic of Biafra. After two and a half devastating…
April 7, 2021