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Reconstituting Syria
Public discussion of the Syrian situation has tended to focus on the plight of the Syrian refugees and their effects on neighboring countries, the...
Backlash Deterrence: Effects of Russian Sanctions on Peripheral Europe
US sanctions throughout history have not always had the best success rate and the current sanctions against Russia may backfire on the United States,...
Wishful Thinking: The Conservative Hold on Power in Post-JCPOA Iran
Within the Iranian domestic political scene the use of the nuclear program to affect elections has been in place for the past decade or...
The Wolves of Islamic Zealots: The Need for American-Russian Partnership
“Hellfire awaits you. Europe is shaking. Russia is dying.” These words uttered in an Islamic State (DAESH) propaganda video in November 2015 projected a...
Baby Steps: Trying to Reach Nuclear Global Zero
Non-nuclear weapon states have become increasingly disgruntled over what they perceive as the nuclear weapon states’ unwillingness to seriously commit to nuclear disarmament. ...
The US strategic bet on India for a pivot Asia-Pacific Strategy
The geopolitical, geostrategic and the economic, significance of the Asia-Pacific region makes it an apple of everybody’s eye involving many powers struggling for the...
Foggy Steps of Global Terrorism
In the globalizing world, Realpolitik-oriented and authoritarian state paradigms have been gradually shrinking. The phenomenon is recognized as a Post-Westphalian principle of the state...
Trust, but Verify: Countering the Critics of the JCPOA
The real question on everyone’s mind with regard to the JCPOA is whether or not Iran will honor its commitments. There are two differing...
The Ivory Tower and the JCPOA: Experts Sound Off with Guarded Optimism
Just as the early scientists in the 1930s and 40s spoke about the threat that nuclear weapons posed, today’s scholars and experts have spoken...
Russia’s Caspian Flotilla outflanks the US Military
The past month has seen increasing tensions between Washington and Moscow over the Syria-Assad-DAESH nexus of seemingly perpetual conflict. This tension has not been...