Tag: Regimes & Governance
240 Articles
- Global Governance
- Online Archive
Iran and the Threat of Nuclear Weapons: A Response to Kenneth Waltz
An eminent and lucid scholar, Waltz committed the error of trying to fit an incorrect piece of a puzzle into a coherent theory. His theory whereby nuclear powers have never gone…
August 20, 2012
- Dialogues
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From Moscow to Beijing: Five Minutes with Professors Jason Bruder and Frank Jannuzi
[GJIA]: This is your first time teaching at Georgetown University. But you are also still working full-time at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. How are you finding your…
March 6, 2012
- Global Governance
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Rebranding Russia: The Promise of Putin
The Times Literary Supplement’s survey of recent Putin literature acknowledges that imaging is the greatest task confronting Russia today: The Kremlin’s biggest problem is…
March 6, 2012
- Online Archive
The Journal Revisited: Shadow over the Subcontinent
In addition, they recommended that India sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to boost its credibility. But ten years later, where do things stand? The authors argued…
February 22, 2012
- Online Archive
Parallels and Precedents: Five Minutes with Historian John McNeill
[GJIA] Those who hypothesize about America’s declining power often point to historical examples to prove their point. Looking at American power today, would you say …
February 7, 2012
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The Journal Revisited: A New Direction for US-Egyptian Relations by Lucas Chan
Hamid, the Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center, said that Western support was crucial: “democratization is more likely to succeed with, rather than without,…
January 31, 2012
- Dialogues
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Five Minutes with Ambassador David Passage
GJIA: You spent a large portion of your career (and part of your childhood) in Latin America. What are some of the diplomatic opportunities for the US in Latin America?…
January 16, 2012
- Conflict & Security
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Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir: No Grand Bargain Here
While the US is drawing down from Afghanistan, the Schaffer’s plan does not present a feasible solution to America’s issues in South Asia. First, India has positioned itself…
December 6, 2011
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Rationality and Nuclear Weapons: Revisiting Kenneth Waltz
As a structural realist, Waltz’s beliefs are centered on the conception of states as unitary, rational actors. He argues that states seek survival above all else. This interest…
October 24, 2011
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Chinese Aggression in the South China Sea Warrants Tough US Response
With much of the world’s attention fixed on the Middle East, China has aggressively positioned itself as the dominant force in the resource-rich South China Sea. Laying claim…
October 24, 2011