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Childhood Poverty and Homelessness in United States: A Humanitarian Calculus
Childhood Poverty and Homelessness in United States: A Humanitarian Calculus
Author analysis the issue of child povery and homelessness in the United States and offers recommendations to address it. By Gloria Baidoo. (11/10/2024) Read More...


US-China Relations and the Perils of Historical Analogy
US-China Relations and the Perils of Historical Analogy
Is a Thucydides Trap or other analogies actually applicable to US-China relations? By David Shipton. (06/17/2024) Read More...


Analyzing the Growing Competition Among China, Russia, and the United States in the Arctic Region
Analyzing the Growing Competition Among China, Russia, and the United States in the Arctic Region

Author provides analysis of growing competition in the Arctic region. By Hadia Safeer Choudhry. (04/30/2024)

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United States Targeted Killings and Ethics
United States Targeted Killings and Ethics

Paper asks and analyzes, Is it ethical for the United States to execute targeted killings? By Ryan Ezhari. (03/05/2024)

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Reviewing the US-Vietnam Relationship under the Biden Administration
Reviewing the US-Vietnam Relationship under the Biden Administration

Essay examines the US-Vietnam relationship and its future. By Nga Hong Nguyen. (01/17/2023)

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U.S.-China Relations Have No Bright Future Amid Mutual Confrontation
U.S.-China Relations Have No Bright Future Amid Mutual Confrontation

Current US-China relations are marked by a lack of sufficient will and ability on both sides to establish and maintain a set of international behavior rules and order that all parties (at least) ba... Read More...



Intelligence analysis of Iraq’s nuclear potential ahead of the 2003 war was flawed
Intelligence analysis of Iraq’s nuclear potential ahead of the 2003 war was flawed

Essay argues that the intelligence analysis was flawed owing to politicization and inefficiencies in the intelligence cycle. By Lakshmy Ramakrishnan. (09/03/2023)

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Lawfare and Foreign Influence on Politicians – NATO and Portuguese Internal Intelligence Service Ins
Lawfare and Foreign Influence on Politicians – NATO and Portuguese Internal Intelligence Service Ins

Politicians from a given country can be the targets of influence operations directly or indirectly conducted by adversary states, by turning to various instruments such as the media and lobbying fi... Read More...



The Iraq War at 20: The Groundwork for the US-Led Invasion Was Laid Long before 2003
The Iraq War at 20: The Groundwork for the US-Led Invasion Was Laid Long before 2003

On the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, reflections on policy issues leading up to the war. By Professor Joe Renouard. (03/20/2023)

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Let’s Acknowledge Inflation Reduction Act’s Significance — and Its Inadequacy
Let’s Acknowledge Inflation Reduction Act’s Significance — and Its Inadequacy

In this interview, Prof. Robert Pollin examines the Inflation Reduction Act and current U.S. inflation issues. By C.J. Polychronou. (08/10/2022)

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Interview with Noam Chomsky: US Foreign Policy Shaped by Fear of China's Rise
Interview with Noam Chomsky: US Foreign Policy Shaped by Fear of China's Rise

In this interview, Nom Chomsky says, 21st-Century US foreign policy Is shaped by fears of China’s rise.  By C.J. Polychronou. (08/05/2022)

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The Interregnum and Its Discontents
The Interregnum and Its Discontents

Reflections on the state of democracy and America's declining stature. By Timothy Bovy. (03/01/2022)

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Saigonisation of Afghanistan ?
Saigonisation of Afghanistan ?

Author examines the ongoing withdrawal of the US-NAO troops from Afghanistan, its historical parallels, and geopolitical consequences.  By Tomislav Jakic. (07/12/2021)

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The Biden-Putin Geneva Summit: Arms and Drums Control?
The Biden-Putin Geneva Summit: Arms and Drums Control?

Authors analyze the likely goals and positions of Russia and the United States on nuclear arms control. By Dr. Alexander G. Savelyev and Olga M. Naryshkina. 06/14/2021

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Defund or Defend: The Issues Behind Police Use of Force
Defund or Defend: The Issues Behind Police Use of Force

Essay provides analysis of the defund the police movement and police use of force issues.  By Mathias McFarlane. (05/17/2021)

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Examining Potential Steps Towards Transitional Justice in the United States
Examining Potential Steps Towards Transitional Justice in the United States

Analyzing efforts needed to successfullly implement transitional justice in the US. By Sydney Lang. (05/04/2021)

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The Ghost of Afghanistan Past: A Challenge for the Biden Administration
The Ghost of Afghanistan Past: A Challenge for the Biden Administration

The Biden administration plans to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by September 2021.  What are the implications?  By Etfa Khurshid Mirza.  (04/22/2021)

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Calling the Shots: State vs. Federal Government During COVID-19
Calling the Shots: State vs. Federal Government During COVID-19

Paper provides an overview of how the federal government and states enacted upon existing legislation to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. By Maha Butt. (04/12/2021)

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The Formalization of Racial Partisanship in the West and Informalization of Ethnic Favoritism in African Electoral Politics
The Formalization of Racial Partisanship in the West and Informalization of Ethnic Favoritism in African Electoral Politics

Author presents a comparative study that problematizes the perception and practice of ethnicity and informality in Nigeria and the United States. By Chinaza Asiegbu. (03/09/2021)

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How South Korea’s foreign policy will shift in the Biden Era
How South Korea’s foreign policy will shift in the Biden Era

As the Biden era has begun, South Korea hopes to improve its relations with the United States despite the ongoing US-China conflicts and the North Korean issue. Seunghyun Han examines the Biden adm... Read More...



Triangularity of Nuclear Arms Control
Triangularity of Nuclear Arms Control

Examining possible implications of China’s involvement in Nuclear Arms talks. By Alexander G. Savelyev. (10/04/2020)

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The Imperial Eagle Rising
The Imperial Eagle Rising

A brief comparative analysis of the German Reichsbürgerbewegung and American Sovereign Citizen movement. By Florencio Yuzon. (05/07/2020)

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Russian America and the USSR: Striking Parallels
Russian America and the USSR: Striking Parallels

Paper presents a comparative analysis of the socioeconomic systems that have formed in the Russian colonies in Alaska and in the USSR.  By Dr. Andrei V. Grinëv.  (11/06/2019)

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Keeping Nuclear Arms Control Alive
Keeping Nuclear Arms Control Alive

Overview of the nuclear arms strategic disarmament between the U.S. and USSR.  From former member of the Soviet negotiating team on START and SALT talks, Alexander Savelyev.  (06/24/... Read More...



Keeping Nuclear Arms Control Alive
Keeping Nuclear Arms Control Alive

Overview of the strategic disarmament between US and RF/USSR. By Alexander Savelyev. (08/16/2018)

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Russia-China Emerging Ties in Asia: Its Implications for US Hegemony (post Cold-War analysis)
Russia-China Emerging Ties in Asia: Its Implications for US Hegemony (post Cold-War analysis)

Paper focuses on the notions of the established partnership between Russia and China and how it contributes to be a potential threat for US’s hegemony in Asia. By Faiza Farid. (02/21/2018)Read More...



The Trump-Russia Fiasco
The Trump-Russia Fiasco

Reflections on the Trump - Russia issue and the Trump presidency.  By Traci Seltzer. (01/19/2018)

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Spectating the Great Arctic Game
Spectating the Great Arctic Game

It's time to acknowledge and assess strategic vulnerabilities lurking in the Arctic. By Eric James Szandzik. (09/18/2017)

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Reviewing Global Agriculture and the American Farmer: Opportunities for U.S. Leadership
Reviewing Global Agriculture and the American Farmer: Opportunities for U.S. Leadership

Review of Kim Elliott's insightful and important new book, Global Agric... Read More...



Evaluating Grand Strategy in American and Chinese History
Evaluating Grand Strategy in American and Chinese History

Essay analyzes and compares Chinese and U.S. Grand Strategies. By Justin Leopold-Cohen. (03/29/2017)

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