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Arm Wrestling

Richard Weitz | Feb 29, 2008
As Russia and the United States break the armistice, will China play referee?

Three Years and You're Out

Steven Metz | Jan 02, 2008
If you can't beat 'em, keep trying to beat 'em? The United States needs a new counterinsurgency strategy—and soon.

Brussels Unbound

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo | Jun 01, 2006
The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

From Awakening to War

Robert F. Ellsworth | Jun 01, 2006
Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.

A Strategic Defense Initiative

Carnes Lord | Jun 01, 2004
This is not your father's "Star Wars." Missile Defense is real, it's coming, and it will be a indispensible instrument of American power.

Continental Divides

Josef Joffe | Mar 01, 2003
It took awhile--more than a dozen years, in point of fact--but the natural tendency in international politics for states to balance against the power of a hegemon has emerged. In western Europe, of all places.
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Commentary

Don't Call the U.S. Bluff, Mr. Kim

Zachary Keck | Apr 05, 2013
The American public would readily back nuclear retaliation for a North Korean nuclear attack.

A Cyber-Survivable Military

Vincent Manzo | Apr 03, 2013
Making U.S. forces resilient against a cyber first strike would lead to more effective deterrence.

How to Cooperate against Cyber Threats

Montgomery C. Meigs | Mar 06, 2013
Simple steps for getting governments and businesses on the same page.
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Books & Reviews

Dilemmas of the Modern Navy

James Holmes | May 01, 2013
The maritime services are under growing strain. But is there really no alternative to U.S. sea hegemony in the same form we have seen it in since 1945?

A God For All Seasons

Alan Wolfe | Aug 25, 2009
Scholars of international relations have only recently begun to appreciate the power of religion. Their next step is to get religion right. No longer mysterious and magical, modernity has demystified the Higher Power.

Raising Jihad

Andrew J. Bacevich | Mar 02, 2009
Instead of turning back Islamism, military interventions lead large swaths of local populations to pick up arms in defense of their homelands
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