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From Missiles to Microchips
Efforts by the United States Intelligence Community (IC) to apply Cold War strategies to new age threats and…
Social Media’s Role in Disaster Preparedness…
There were over 4.5 billion active internet users around the world as of January 2020—roughly 60 percent of the…
Post-Soleimani, Iran is a Major Cyber Threat to the…
An overview of recent public unrest in Iran and the elimination of Qasem Soleimani
Civil unrest in Iran has been…
Nuclear Damage Limitation in an Era of Great Power…
Editor's note: This is the second piece in a two-part series examining the role of damage limitation strategy in…
A History of Damage Limitation in U.S. Nuclear War…
The concept of nuclear damage limitation dates back to the early 1960s. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense…
Conflict and Competition: Limited Nuclear Warfare and…
"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,…
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…
Yemen is a Battleground in Iran’s Proxy War…
As the world’s attention is increasingly focused on Iranian aggression in the Persian Gulf, it’s essential to look…
Termination of INF Treaty Could Spark Arms Race in Asia
By terminating of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a key Cold War-era arms control pact, the…
Diverging Interests in Iran Behind Germany’s…
During a trip to Poland on July 31st, 2019, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated that “Germany will not…