Tag: United States
59 Articles
- Global Governance
Mutual Frustration: The State of Russian-American Relations
When President Obama first came into office in January 2009, his administration announced that it wanted to improve Russian-American relations, which it believed had deteriorated…
August 9, 2013
- Human Rights & Development
Guantanamo Bay and the Land of the Free
The United States’ global war on terror has, over the past decade, ushered in a new attitude towards torture. Starting in the United States and subsequently spreading around…
August 7, 2013
- Uncategorized
Why the United States Won’t Need Troops in Afghanistan After 2014
Since the Obama Administration is already considering either a “zero option”—whereby there will be no American troops after 2014—or an earlier withdrawal, General…
August 1, 2013
- Online Archive
Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States and the World Review
Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, and Ali Wayne. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States and the World. Massachusets: The MIT Press, 2012. 232…
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
From Tehran to Khartoum: Thirty-Five Years As An American Diplomat Interview with Ambassador Joseph D. Stafford III
GJIA: What has been your favorite part about being a career Foreign Service Officer, and why? Stafford: I think my favorite part has been having the opportunity to live and work…
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
Building Community Resilience to Violent Extremism
The Obama administration’s landmark new approach to countering violent extremism through engaging community partners calls for no less than a paradigm shift in how we…
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
Ranks, Riches, or Ruin: What Leaving the U.S. Military Means for Soldiers and the Future of the Services
In either decision, a positive outcome is far from guaranteed. Post-9/11 veterans face many obstacles when exiting the service, whether reorientation toward civilian life or…
June 12, 2013
- Online Archive
How the United States and South Korea Can Avoid Fatal Diplomatic Missteps on the Korean Peninsula
As Lt. Col. Roger Cavazos and Peter Hayes of the Nautilus Institute noted, inconsistent approaches by all parties involved may eventually backfire and even derail any chance for…
June 10, 2013
- Online Archive
Remember Senator Lautenberg by Making Refugee Amendment Permanent
The son of immigrants from Poland and Russia, Senator Lautenberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey and served in Congress from 1982 to 2001 and from 2003 until his death on. …
June 7, 2013
- Online Archive
Defending with Declining Means
Even as America continues its withdrawal from Afghanistan, a crucial problem is emerging for the U.S. defense establishment. It must meet an increasing variety of threats with…
May 16, 2013