The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis: Key Considerations for the UN Security Council
The recent tragedies involving migrants in the Mediterranean have stoked urgent calls for UN action.
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Features, Online Edition
The Historic Opening to China: What Hath Nixon Wrought?
When President Obama hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House this week, he will do so as the eighth US president, starting with Richard Nixon, to engage with China based on a failed strategy. This article revisits a Foreign Affairs article—”Asia After Vietnam”—authored by Richard Nixon in October 1967.
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Cross-eyed: Planning When Host-Nation and Intervener Rule of Law Strategies are Unaligned
By Major Dan Maurer* This essay imagines a fictional future ground conflict pitting the United States and a host country against a non-state militant terrorist organization that has seized territory. This hypothetical scenario imagines a “rule of law” mission in the immediate wake of conventional combat, but suggests that this task will be, ultimately and inevitably, hampered when the intervening and host nation have different strategic understandings and intentions for their rule of law activities. Section 1 provides the context, explaining the roots and effects of the crisis, legal authorities involved in the conflict, and the challenges faced by US
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Core Synergies in Israel’s Strategic Planning: When the Adversarial Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
To best serve Israel, the country’s strategic studies community should favor more conceptual or “molecular” assessments of expected security perils.
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The Hidden Cost of Drone Combat: Soldiers’ Mental Health
While policymakers may argue that military drone combat presents no risk to American forces, the battle scars for drone operators are more psychological than physical. We should support the mental health of those soldiers we task with operating drones.
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Why the US Should Ratify UNCLOS: A View from the South and East China Seas
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