In a recent interview with The Diplomat, Professor Kenneth Waltz discussed the advantages of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. An eminent and lucid scholar, Waltz committed the error of trying…
As the crisis in Syria deepens, world powers have become more divided over how to resolve this crisis. The death toll exceeds 12,000, according to the United Nations. In an…
The Arab Spring’s tumultuous aftermath has cast a pale of uncertainty over the future of the “responsibility to protect” (R2P) doctrine. Back in March, the UN Security Council achieved an…
As the international community watches dumbstruck, news reports flood in notifying us of the latest atrocities that are ongoing in Syria. The constant slaughter that Syrians have been subjected to…
The Falkland Islands, known by Argentina as Islas Malvinas, remain a center of contention between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Around the 30th anniversary of the brief but deadly 1982…
Early warning systems in 2010 showed that Nigeria remains one of four potential hotspots for conflict within West Africa. Conflict in Nigeria has several different sources of contention: oil…
GJIA’s online editor Gideon Hanft recently revisited an interview piece that GJIA conducted with Kenneth Waltz, one of the founders of structural realism. A centerpiece of Waltz’s work is his…
There’s saber-rattling in Washington and Tehran. US policymakers and the security community continue to debate whether a military strike is the only option available to defuse the Iran dilemma.
President Obama announced the new Defense Strategic Guidance last week. In follow-up remarks Secretary Panetta outlined a much smaller ground force (an Army of some 490,000 troops and Marine…
Last Monday I attended the valedictory “farewell” party for the Project on National Security Reform (PNSR). I was part of PNSR for the development of their first…
