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How the World Stopped Worrying about Nuclear Disarmament and Forgot ...
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) recognizes only five “nuclear states” – the U.S., UK, France, Russia and China. Since 1967, ...
Was Machiavelli Right About Innovation?
“It is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire; and always, when men do it who can, ...
The Islamic State Meets the Laws of Economics
The so-called Islamic State’s Caliphate faces an adversary more deadly than the bombs being dropped upon it. It has not ...
Winning the Peace in Mesopotamia
Academics, generals, and the intelligence community are generally in agreement concerning the changing character of war: yesterday’s wars were waged over land, today’s ...
Whats Haunting Anglo-Iranian Relations
With specialist restorers needing to be flown in from the UK to restore the building to its past glory, on ...
Why NATO Intervened in Libya, but Not Syria
The war in Syria continues to grind along with Bashar al Assad still in power in Damascus. The security focus ...
Why Britain hasnt Followed the US into Syria
It seems like a generation ago now, but it was only in late August 2013 that Britain’s House of Commons ...
Figure Out the Air Force: Airpower, Nuclear Weapons and Next ...
General Welsh, speaking to Defense News soon after taking the helm of the United States Air Force as its Chief ...
Heres How We Should Think about Intervention
When should the United States intervene? Intervention can be advocated, approved and implemented for a variety of reasons: to repel an ...
Vladislav Surkov: The (Gray) Cardinal of the Kremlin
In the parlance of our times, Vladislav Surkov is Russia’s very real answer to Frank Underwood – a behind the ...