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The Realist Prism: Obama's Fragile Afghanistan Strategy
The Obama administration has been transmitting a clear set of signals regarding its policy toward Afghanistan ever since the strategic review was completed in December 2010: Progress has been made, but it is "fragile" and "reversible." So it would be irresponsible to change course now. But that approach presupposes that the U.S. will be able to continue to focus on Afghanistan for the foreseeable future.
Category:ResearchReads:2Uploaded:02 / 13 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionSyria's Kurds Could Lose Out in Post-Assad Scenario
Although Syria’s Kurds have a long history of opposing the central government in Damascus, they have so far refrained from widespread participation in the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. However, if they continue to limit themselves to being mere spectators to the unfolding drama, they may find themselves deprived of any long-term political gains in a post-Assad Syria.
Category:ResearchReads:1Uploaded:02 / 13 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionThe New Rules: The Coming War With Iran
While the debate over whether Israel will strike Iran ebbs and flows on an almost weekly basis, a collision-course trajectory is undeniably emerging. To put it succinctly, Iran won't back down, while Israel won't back off, and America will back up Israel and Saudi Arabia when the shooting finally starts. This coming war will ultimately target regime change in Tehran, because that is the only plausible solution.
Category:ResearchReads:2Uploaded:02 / 13 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionGlobal Insider: China Aims for Operational Experience, Higher Profile With U.N. Peacekeeper Role
In an email interview, Courtney Richardson, a research fellow at the International Security Program at Harvard University's Belfer Center and a doctoral student at Tufts University's Fletcher School, discussed China's peacekeeping deployments.
Category:ResearchReads:1Uploaded:02 / 13 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionThe Realist Prism: Resetting the U.S.-Russia Reset
After a period of healthier ties following the much-heralded reset, U.S.-Russia relations appear to be deteriorating. Nor does the immediate future bode well for "resetting the reset." But does this mean that the U.S.-Russia relationship is doomed to fall back to a more confrontational posture, as occurred in 2007 and 2008, when analysts were warning of a "new Cold War"? That depends on several factors.
Category:ResearchReads:23Uploaded:02 / 10 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionGlobal Insider: Russian Peacekeeping Grows with Russian Self-Identity
In an email interview, Alexander Nikitin, director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and president emeritus of the Russian Political Science Association, discussed Russia’s involvement with international peacekeeping.
Category:ResearchReads:16Uploaded:02 / 10 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionCentral Europe and the EU Fiscal Compact: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
At last week’s summit, European Union leaders adopted the latest chapter of Europe’s paper trail: the “Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union,” or in short, the new fiscal compact. While some have already declared success, few are focused on what this compact means for the EU’s newest member states in Central Europe.
Category:ResearchReads:18Uploaded:02 / 10 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionU.S.-India Relations: Case-by-Case Basis, With No Guarantees
The United States' oft-expressed desire to support India’s emergence as a great power in fact reveals the distance that still separates the two. The U.S. struggles with India’s non-alignment impulses, while India sees relations in a globalized era as depending on balance of interests, not balance of power. This differing approach to globalization prevents the two from fully consolidating relations.
Category:ResearchReads:43Uploaded:02 / 09 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionWorld Citizen: The Kuwait Model for Arab Kingdoms?
The emirate of Kuwait has managed to maintain a measure of stability under a system that combines a strong monarchy and an elected parliament. That system could gradually become a model for other states in the Gulf region as they seek to accommodate popular demands. But first, it has to survive the continuing turbulence of the Arab uprisings -- and the impact of the country’s own recent elections.
Category:ResearchReads:32Uploaded:02 / 09 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionGlobal Insider: UNASUR Defense Agencies Search for Relevance
In an email interview, W. Alex Sanchez, a research fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, discussed UNASUR defense cooperation.
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