Liberal Internationalism, an Ideology of Violence
During the presidency of George W. Bush, the administration’s cabinet and top advisors were an eclectic mix of…
COVID-19 and Responsible Leadership in a “Post-Truth” Age
A shorter version of this article was published at The Globalist.
The current global pandemic that has affected…
A History of Damage Limitation in U.S. Nuclear War Planning
The concept of nuclear damage limitation dates back to the early 1960s. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense…
The Revolt of the Admirals: The Perspective of the General Board
This article has been adapted from Chapter 9 of the author's larger work on the General Board, America's First…
Conflict and Competition: Limited Nuclear Warfare and the New Face of…
"Nuclear weapons seem to be in almost everybody's bad book, but the fact is that they are a powerful force for…
Climate Security is National Security
Between 2008-2012 over 144 million people were displaced by a sudden onset of disasters in more than 122 countries,…
Belarus and Russia: Fraternal Nations But Not a Union State
This past weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spent over five…
Now That Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead, What Next?
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, was killed on the 26th of October in a raid carried out by…
NATO Membership and Georgia’s Democratic Future
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is the most powerful alliance in history. Since World War Two, with American…
Turkish Oil Drilling in Cyprus’ EEZ Threatens to Destabilize the…
Illegal oil drilling, Russian influence, and an entente of unlikely powers in the Eastern Mediterranean leave the…
London Court Rules Against Ukrainian Oligarchs in PrivatBank Case
While the ruling is ostensively favorable for Ukraine, it has consequences for the country's economic and…
Elections in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk Regions: Peace, But At What…
In early October of 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine would agree to hold…