Category: Online Archive
160 Articles
- Online Archive
Evaluating US Government Initiatives on Chinese Censorship
Background on Chinese Internet Censorship China has the world’s largest population of Internet users, with 513 million people online and more joining every day.[1] The Internet…
February 6, 2013
- Online Archive
For Latin America, The Meaning of John Kerry as U.S. Secretary of State
Kerry’s nomination sailed smoothly through the Senate, but the road to re-establish friendlier relations with Latin America will be more rugged. Already, he has inadvertently…
February 6, 2013
- Online Archive
The Proliferation of Drone Warfare: The Weakening of Norms and International Precedent
Michael C. Horowitz, in his widely praised book The Diffusion of Military Power, notes that states and non-state actors face a number of possible strategic choices when…
February 6, 2013
- Online Archive
Firing a General For the Sake of a Feasible Strategy
The rift between the Obama administration and Mattis during his stormy tenure as head of CENTCOM has been evident, despite Mackubin Thomas Owens’s contention that “no general…
February 6, 2013
- Online Archive
Don’t Rock the Boat: The Stable Future of India-China Relations
Yet for all the circling and posturing, the situation is relatively stable. Neither are status quo powers per se, as both see greater global roles for themselves. They try to…
February 4, 2013
- Online Archive
- Society & Culture
The Deradicalization of Islamists
The probability that an individual will disengage or deradicalize appears to be inversely related to the degree of commitment to the group or movement. Commitment can be measured…
February 1, 2013
- Conflict & Security
- Online Archive
Whither the War on Terror?
America’s emerging security paradigm will not focus on terrorism and the Middle East nearly as much as it used to. As someone who spends considerable time thinking about…
January 29, 2013
- Online Archive
South Korea’s Unsustainable Military Build-Up
The Operational Control transfer scheduled for 2015 and the perceived threat from North Korea are key to understanding ROK’s capital-intensive militarization. ROK Navy Rear…
January 28, 2013
- Online Archive
The Place Of Mouridism In Senegalese Civil Society
In 1883, colonial rule precipitated the emergence of Mouride founder Cheikh Amadou Bamba, a Sufi standard-bearer, exile, and nonviolent critic of French authority. The city of…
January 17, 2013
- Human Rights & Development
- Online Archive
Blood Sport Returns to Afghanistan
These recent executions in Afghanistan demonstrate that the death penalty is no solution when there is no proper rule of law and when corruption permeates law enforcement and the…
January 15, 2013