Will a Trillion Dollars Per Year Buy America a Better Defense?
The Pentagon had a very merry Christmas but all the American taxpayers got was a lump…
Read More »Leopard Tanks to Ukraine?
Media reports about potential deliveries of the Leopard main battle tanks (MBTs) to Ukraine are undoubtedly…
Read More »From the First Duke of Sussex to the Current Duke of Sussex: An Historical Perspective
On Friday 19th February Buckingham Palace announced that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, would not…
Read More »Bridging Worlds: Andrei Markovits’s Memoir
I met Andy while we both graduate students in the political science department at Columbia University.…
Read More »Crafting an Architecture to Negotiate an End to the Ukraine War: Taking Control of Our Destiny
Recently, I spoke with my colleague Brian Morra about the war in Ukraine, as part of…
Read More »Does the U.S. – Uzbekistan Dialogue Reflect America’s Blueprint for Central Asia?
The United States and Uzbekistan recently concluded the second meeting of their Strategic Partnership Dialogue. As…
Read More »Looking Back: Articles and Studies Published Between 2002 and 2013
I am writing a book with my friend Kenneth Maxwell entitled “Two Twentieth Century Men in…
Read More »Where Fossil Fuel Meets Green Energy: The Need to Protect Offshore Platforms
For those who follow energy matters in the media, the often impassioned dialogue regarding generating energy…
Read More »An Update on Task Force 59
A U.S. Navy unmanned task force in the Middle East launched an aerial drone from a…
Read More »Arctic Security, Defense and Co-Opetition with the Russians
In the recently published Newport Manual on Arctic Security, the authors provide on overview of the…
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