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On Nonproliferation

Could the global nuclear order be as fragile today as the global financial system was two years ago, when the conventional wisdom declared it to be sound and resilient? The answer is clear: As a grow

Cutting Losses in Wars of Choice: Obstacles and Strategies

In The Prudent Use of Power in American National Security Strategy, a compendium of ten essays originally presented at the Tobin Project’s December 2009 conference, leading scholars examine the utilit

Securing the Peace: The Durable Settlement of Civil Wars

Timely and pathbreaking, Securing the Peace is the first book to explore the complete spectrum of civil war terminations, including negotiated settlements, military victories by governments and rebels

Nuclear Terrorism: A Strategy for Prevention

The spread of nuclear weapons is one of the most significant challenges to global security in the twenty-first century.

Rethinking Violence: States and Non-State Actors in Conflict

States, nationalist movements, and ethnic groups in conflict with one another often face a choice between violent and nonviolent strategies.

The Global Economic Crisis and Potential Implications for Foreign Policy and National Security

With the generous support of the Gates Foundation, the Markle Foundation, and many others, the ASG devoted its annual summer conference to discussing the foreign policy and national security implicati

Comment on States, Nations and Regional War

Report on Middle East Affairs

Forcing a People to Be Free

First published in Philosophy & Public Affairs 35 (2007): 359-400. Is forcing a people to be free possible, and if so, is it ever morally permissible?

Confidence in the United Nations: Cosmopolitan and Nationalistic Attitudes