Obama’s Daunting New Year
As President Obama looks ahead, 2015 may be the most challenging and consequential year of his presidency on foreign policy.
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Preface
When terrorists operating under the banner of the Islamic State launched their savage attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015 the world was reminded anew of just how complex a challenge this will contin
The Peacemakers of 2014
2014 was an annus horribilis in foreign policy, as the Ebola crisis, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the rise of ISIS in a burning Middle East, and multiple civil wars in Africa attest. As the year ends
A Srebrenica Moment in Syria?
As the savage killings and stratospheric refugee numbers in Syria continue to climb, a key question emerges.
Obama needs to act on Syria
Of all the international crises facing President Obama in his final two years in office, how to cope with a burning Iraq and disintegrating Syria may be the most daunting.
When Ideas Trump Interests: Preferences, World Views, and Policy Innovations
Ideas are strangely absent from modern models of political economy.
Summary of Ethics for Enemies
In this essay, I summarize major points of my Ethics for Enemies. I first consider whether torture of a wrongdoer to save his victim could be permissible.
The Aspen Strategy Group on the Old and New Cold War
Over thirty years, the Aspen Strategy Group has shied from no crisis or tense relationship troubling the world, from the Middle East to climate change to cyber theft.
Inevitability and War
Why Assessing Estimative Accuracy is Feasible and Desirable
The US Intelligence Community (IC) has been heavily criticized for making inaccurate estimates.
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