Tag: United States
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American Power at Home and Abroad: Success, Failures, and Challenges
GJIA: Looking back over your time as National Security Advisor, what do you consider to be the greatest triumph of the policy you helped craft? What is your biggest regret in…
May 16, 2013
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Not on Blind Faith: The Risks of U.S. Defense Cuts
After more than a decade of grueling combat, the U.S. military is finally stepping back from its intense focus on fighting ground wars in southwest Asia. Though fifteen to thirty…
May 16, 2013
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The Gulf States and U.S. Policy: How Strongly to Push Reform?
As revolution swept across the Arab world beginning in early 2011, the monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) appeared largely immune. In Bahrain, the only GCC country…
May 16, 2013
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Clash of Elites: What Lies Behind the Defamation Debates
Since Samuel Huntington’s 1993 article warning of inter-civilizational conflict, pundits and policymakers alike have been quick to forecast a so-called “clash of.…
May 16, 2013
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A Brief History of Energy: Where We’ve Come From and Where We’re Going interview with Daniel Yergin
GJIA: Were you heartened by the discussion of energy in the recent U.S. presidential election? What has changed in the rhetoric of politicians as of late? Yergin:I was quite…
May 16, 2013
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Kerry’s First Visit to China: Interpreting North Korea Solicitation as a Softening China Strategy
Former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton visited China 30 days after taking office as America’s top diplomat. Though Secretary Kerry kept China waiting for 41 days before he…
April 27, 2013
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What Good Is the Army? Social Bargains, Human Capital and the Future of Land Warfare
The answer is no, but given the current fiscal environment, the US Army will undoubtedly shrink in size, and US Army missions will surely shift in focus. Still, the core US Army…
April 15, 2013
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China, Japan, and the East China Sea
For 2013, the biggest threat to East Asian comity and stability are the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands where China and Japan are at odds. Little more than rocky outcrops in shark…
April 9, 2013
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The Key Terrain of Cyber
It is said that “cyber” is distinct from other domains in that it is created by humans and does not necessarily have physical manifestations.1 The legacy domains of air, sea,…
March 27, 2013
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What Ethical Lessons Can America Learn From the Iraq War?
This does not bode well for the future implementation of American geopolitical strategy. Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, one disturbing fact may be that neither the public…
March 25, 2013