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The Slippery Slope of Isolationism: The Need for Allies in Military Operations
America has had allies since before the country was a legitimate, legally recognized nation. In nearly every major conflict the United States has undertaken,...
Inglorious End
That the twenty-year military (and every other) intervention of the West led by the United States in Afghanistan has experienced an inglorious end is quite clear. No...
U.S. military-industrial failures and calculations in Afghanistan
Analysts have pointed out that the 20-year war in Afghanistan has shown that the United States has failed to use force to solve the...
Did the United States secretly bomb the Libyan National Army?
BENGHAZI – In July, around the same time when talks in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum regarding the elections reached a stalemate, a journalist...
The Turkey-Russia Relationship: Why “Compartmentalization” and Not Conflict?
Russia and Turkey maintain an interesting and volatile geopolitical relationship. The two states share many common interests and have significant economic ties to one...
What starts in Afghanistan does not stay in Afghanistan: China, India, and Iran grapple with the fallout
Taliban advances in Afghanistan shift the Central Asian playing field on which China, India and the United States compete with rival infrastructure-driven approaches. At...
Al-Assad Regime: Initiation of Syrian Uprising
Background And Causes of Uprising
Syrian civil war is a multi-sided and multi-faceted war which is currently taking place in Syria. The war initiated on...
Is Pakistan a “scapegoat”?
Once again, Pakistan is under immense pressure and is used as a scapegoat for the US failure in Afghanistan. The US has a history...
Russia, China, and the Prospect of US Military Bases in Central Asia
The American exit from Afghanistan has created a power vacuum. The quartet of China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran stands to benefit the most from the...
Lessons from History for the Sino-US rivalry or: How not to start another First World War?
Summary: The article examines significant similarities between the Sino-US rivalry today and the British-German rivalry that led to the First World War. In both...