Elaine Sanderson 6/1/21 Elaine Sanderson 6/1/21

Iraq: Who Killed Me?

Demonstrations have once again surged in Iraq following the recent death of activists.

Photo: Abdullah Dhiaa al-Deen | Reuters

Ruth Kae 12/15/20 Ruth Kae 12/15/20

The End of an Era: Angela Merkel - German Foreign Policy Part II

In 2018, Angela Merkel was named the fourth most powerful person in the world by Forbes magazine, following after Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, and in 2019 the most powerful woman in the world.

(Photo: Andrea Hanks | White House)

Matthew Laurence 12/8/20 Matthew Laurence 12/8/20

Biden, Blinken and the Blob

oe Biden said one of the first things he will do as President is calling other world leaders and say, "America's back, you can count on us." What Biden means by back is that the bipartisan consensus on American foreign policy is back. That is to say, the blob is back.

(Photo: Staff Sergeant Chris Hubenthal | Department of Defense)

Giulia Miraglia 12/4/20 Giulia Miraglia 12/4/20

The Population-Centric COIN

COIN is a specific way of doing counterinsurgency that excludes the use of brute force against civilians. he doctrine of counter-insurgency or COIN had been rediscovered around 2006 by the American military as a tool to rescue the failing Iraq and Afghanistan occupations.