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Deng Xiaoping's 1979 Visit to the United States: The Origins of U.S.-China Economic Cooperation and Co-Dependency
Article focuses on Deng Xiaoping’s 1979 visit to the United States, arguing that economic interdependence has been the keystone of today’s U.S.-China relations, then analyzes the current crisis of “Ch...
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Government Reform – Which Has Been Worse – Gore/NPR or Musk/DOGE?
Article compares the Clinton-era National Performance Review (NPR) with Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative, arguing NPR achieved reform with minimal disruption, while DOGE’s chaotic, ideologically driven cut...
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Trump’s 5% NATO Proposal: A Path to Strength or Division?
What could be the repercussions from Trump’s 5% NATO proposal, aimed to strengthen NATO’s joint security? By Athanassios Pantazis. (03/05/2025)
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The Need for a Supreme Court Term Limit in the United States
Author analyzes and proposes a term limit for Supreme Court justices. By Emma Schoenauer. (12/07/2024)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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...
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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)
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...
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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)
Author examines the ongoing withdrawal of the US-NAO troops from Afghanistan, its historical parallels, and geopolitical consequences. By Tomislav Jakic. (07/12/2021)
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
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)
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)
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)
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...
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Triangularity of Nuclear Arms Control
Examining possible implications of China’s involvement in Nuclear Arms talks. By Alexander G. Savelyev. (10/04/2020)
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)
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/...
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Keeping Nuclear Arms Control Alive
Overview of the strategic disarmament between US and RF/USSR. By Alexander Savelyev. (08/16/2018)
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...