More: Strategy
Presidential Irrationality and Wrongdoing in US Nuclear Command Authority
Abstract: In post-World War II memory, no greater political danger has confronted the United States than the presidency of Donald J. Trump. Endowed with...
20 years after 9/11: American decline in the Islamic world and China- Russian emergence
The main headlines and axes
The first axis: American strategy in the Islamic world, to draw a new political and economic map for establishing the...
Can Israeli Nuclear Threats Protect Against Non-Nuclear Attacks?
Abstract: It is widely assumed that a state’s nuclear weapons and strategy are irrelevant to non-nuclear threats. A contrary argument is advanced by Louis...
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,...
Middle Eastern interventionism galore: Neither US nor Chinese policies alleviate
A recent analysis of Middle Eastern states’ interventionist policies suggests that misguided big power approaches have fueled a vicious cycle of interference and instability...
Russia and the West: Are Values the Problem?
The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation approved by the President of Russia will go down in history as a document that sharpened...
Russia’s “Ummah Pivot”: Opportunities & Narrative Engagement
(This is the second and final part of the author’s article series on this topic. The first one can be read here, and it...
The Geostrategic Challenges of Russia’s “Ummah Pivot”
A key component of Russia’s 21st-century grand strategy goal of becoming the supreme balancing force in Eurasia is its “Ummah Pivot” of comprehensive engagement...
Staying Focused: Why Israel Needs More Coherent Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy
Falling towers, Jerusalem Athens Alexandria, Vienna London, Unreal.-T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
On fundamental issues of national survival, the new Israeli prime minister must remain...
Assessing the Trend of the Indo-Pacific Strategy
After the U.S. has put forward its Asia-Pacific strategy in 2017, many commentators believed that the concept was artificial and lacking in political foundation,...