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Military Diplomacy as a Hybrid Instrument of National Power
Today's
complex security environment requires the United States to use all of its
instruments of power to maintain its status in the world, as well as...
Chinese pressure tactics put countries between a rock and a hard place
Recent Chinese pressure on
Myanmar to approve a controversial dam project and the arrest in recent
days in Kazakhstan of a human rights activist suggest that...
Disrespecting China: The Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Controversy
The dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands
has been a long and controversial one. China claims to have historical evidence
showing sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands. However,...
Iran and North Korea highlight pitfalls of Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ strategy
Donald J. Trump’s hitherto failed ‘maximum pressure’ approach to Iran,
as well as for that matter North Korea, begs the question what the US
president’s true...
The Revolutionary Guards and Revolutionary Discourse
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is a guardian of the Islamic
Revolution and its achievements. An important part of these achievements is
defined in the cultural...
Walking a Chinese tightrope: Kazakh quiet diplomacy produces limited results
The Kazakh government, in defense of Kazakh and by
implication Central Asian behind-closed-doors diplomacy towards China in the
face of mounting domestic pressure, has offered a...
Russia and Turkey: Consequences in Counterterrorism
Intelligence
communities are often examined through their organizational structure. However,
another approach is to examine cooperation agreements, conflicts, and the
successes and failures of these relationships. This...
Why Regime Change in Iran is dangerous for America and its allies
Iran is in a deep social and economic crisis. Despite its foreign
policy successes in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, the Iranian regime has
failed its...
The U.S. withdrawal decision and the risks of a future foggy intelligence vision
The recent U.S. policy decisions to
withdraw its military presence from Syria and Afghanistan have a significant
long-term impact in the U.S. national security, in particular,...
Deprivation of Nationality as a Counterterrorism Response in the UK
Since the emergence of the Islamic State (IS), an estimated 21 per cent of its
30,000 foreign fighters reportedly travelled from Europe to Syria and...