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What Does the Ukraine Crisis Tell Us About Economic Interdependence?
Posted on April 24, 2014One of the most fervently debated topics in International Relations is over whether or not economic interdependence decreases the likelihood of war. Intuitively, it seems obvious that two countries whose ... -
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Obama’s Foreign Policy and Ukraine: Decoupling Security and Democracy
Posted on March 5, 2014“I don’t really even need George Kennan right now,” commented Barack Obama in a recent interview concerning his foreign policy strategy. The admission was a curious one. Not only because Kennan ... -
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Britain’s 2014: no bang, all whimper
Posted on January 4, 2014Just before the country settled down for Christmas, two alarming reports made national headlines. The first suggested that the British Army is at risk of becoming a high-tech but ultimately ... -
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The War on Drugs: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Posted on November 24, 2013From the looks of it, one of San Diego’s industrial-looking warehouses, sitting above ground, seem to echo business as usual—yet it masks a much harsher reality, penetrating deep into the ... -
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Kyrgyzstan after the closure of Manas Transit Center
Posted on November 12, 2013After years of negotiations, threatened evictions, and rent hikes, the Kyrgyz national government has settled on the decision to evict the United States from the Manas Transit Center at Manas ... -
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Merkel and the NSA: Diplomatic shock waves crossing the Atlantic
Posted on October 30, 2013The transatlantic relations have hit a low, the deepest in living memory. Whereas the invasion of Iraq represented diverging opinions on foreign policy between several European states on the one ... -
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Is a change in the US’s North Korea policy overdue?
Posted on October 25, 2013North Korea presents difficult challenges for US foreign policy. The six-party talks which attempted to put a stop to North Korea’s nuclear programs, and involved major players in the region, ... -
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A Farther East: Why the US Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love China
Posted on October 17, 2013The 21st century will be the century of Asia. The incredible economic growth of China, building on the 20th century successes of Japan and the Asian Tigers, signals a shift ... -
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Syria: Intervention has consequences – Non-intervention, too
Posted on August 30, 2013Just as interventionists need to consider possible consequences of their actions, non-interventionists need to consider the possible consequences of their inaction. Recent days brought to the forefront a discussion that ... -
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The U.S. Drone War Refocuses in on Yemen
Posted on August 12, 2013Over the past ten days, the Obama administration has carried out a series of synchronized drone airstrikes in Yemeni airspace as part of an effort to disrupt an al-Qaeda terrorism ...