The notion that there are four elements of national power—diplomatic, information, military, and economic—is hegemonic in American military thought. The DIME construct is a starting point for everything from…
The Syrian conflict long ago metastasized from a two-sided battle between the Bashar al-Assad regime and homegrown forces seeking its overthrow to a full-blown sectarian conflict. Now, foreign fighters and…
As the Arab Spring continues to draw attention and support from the international community, relatively little consideration has been given to the decades-long conflict in Western Sahara that began to…
Shop the Entire Current Issue- The Integration of Regions || Return to The Integration of Regions index “Rebuilding the Malian military to an operational level means starting…
Over the past ten years, Israeli forces have interrogated, prosecuted, and/or imprisoned over 7,000 Palestinian children within the Israeli military justice system. Despite international pressure, the number of arrests…
According to a recent Washington Post article about Egypt’s decision to cut off diplomatic relations with Syria, President Morsi’s actions and call for Hezbollah to leave Syria “point to…
Shop the Entire Current Issue- The Future of Energy || Return to The Future of Energy index “Despite initiating the effort, the AKP quickly demonstrated that it…
Will America’s strategic rebalancing towards the Asia-Pacific region mean the gutting of the US Army? The concern is that the forms of warfare for which the United States has most…
At the end of March, the head of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire in the conflict with Turkey and urged the PKK fighters to…
Ten years after the United States invaded Iraq, nearly sixty percent of Americans now believe that the Iraq War was not worth fighting since it did not “enhance U.S.
