Cold War

Rapid Fire: Is the Ukraine Crisis the West’s Fault? Part 1

Robert L. Oprisko • Aug 26 2014 • Articles

Because Russia cares too much and Europe cares too little for Ukraine, a state’s sovereignty is shattered, its people divided, and its future is now uncertain.

Cold War II: Can Economic Sanctions and Diplomacy Avert a Repetition of History?

Natalia Sharova • Jul 21 2014 • Articles

Pushing Russia into isolation will raise insecurities in Eastern Europe and will possibly resurrect the Cold War. Therefore the crisis must be resolved via negotiation.

Review – East, West, North, South: International Relations since 1945

John Kent • Jun 11 2014 • Features

This edition enlightens the reader to new facts and interpretations, although limited in their scope, about the events post-1945 and particularly those after 1986.

Crimea: Putin’s Big Mistake

Harvey M. Sapolsky • Mar 28 2014 • Articles

President Obama may be naïve, and Putin may be a tough guy who knows both the West’s weaknesses, but Putin has made a serious mistake in seizing the Crimea.

Review – 1989 as a Political World Event

Flavia Gasbarri • Mar 25 2014 • Features

The peculiarity of Rupnik’s collection is its focus on 1989 as “world event”, although the manifestly Euro-centric perspective does not permit a truly extensive analysis.

Russia, Ukraine, and the Testing of American Hegemony

Robert W. Murray and Luke M. Herrington • Mar 6 2014 • Articles

In response to Russia’s aggression in Crimea the US must take into account the strategic realities of the international system.

Review – To Move the World

Elizabeth Austin • Nov 25 2013 • Features

Fifty years after his assassination, Jeffrey Sachs brings the reader into John F. Kennedy’s era, allowing us to understand the challenges he faced and why his mission of peace remains important today.

Implications of the Iran-Iraq War

Ronen Zeidel • Oct 7 2013 • Articles

25 years after its end, the Iran-Iraq war ushered the region into a new geopolitical situation. However, like the war itself, its contribution to shaping the contemporary Middle East is fading from memory.

NATO Now and Then: Alliance Agents and Structures in Anarchical International Society

Francis A. Beer • Aug 27 2013 • Articles

NATO, as an international political-military regional organization, seamlessly moves between international anarchy and international society – continuing to thrive beyond its Cold War mandate.

Review – The CIA on Campus

David N. Gibbs • Jun 18 2013 • Features

The contributors to The CIA on Campus explore the costs of the US victory in the Cold War, notably the way that the US intelligence services infiltrated and to some degree corrupted US universities.

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