Has the U.S. Become a Single-Party Regime?
The U.S. today may increasingly resemble the single-party, single-coalition or dominant party regimes of yesteryear.
US Missiles and Parallels of Interventionism in Syria’s ‘Thirty Years War’
By reembracing the norm of interventionism, the world’s major powers are rediscovering the very reason why it was banished at Westphalia so many years ago.
Review – Space Warfare in the 21st Century: Arming the Heavens
A fair introductory text for newcomers to space security, but for those already experienced in space policy the arguments and controversies will be quite familiar.
Xi and the North Korea Challenge in the Trump Era
The United States and China must jointly address the North Korea challenge, based on the consensus that North Korea is a common security threat and peace is possible.
What Next for Iraq after the Battle of Mosul?
The battle for Mosul is a proxy for a complex set of interests competing for hegemony. It is not the end, rather the beginning of the next waves of conflict Iraq faces.
Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations Thesis After 9/11
Afghans believing in the Taliban/al-Qaida discourse will succumb to the intellectual insights of Huntington’s thesis which endorses the same worldview in a reverse guise.
Symbolic Violence and Post-election USA: A Parable
The extraordinary degree of diversity in the US population can be managed with narratives and terms of discourse that lead to discontent and upheaval, or to pluralism.
Obama’s Bulwark against Torture: Will It Stop Trump?
The Obama administration’s two-pronged approach of closing legal gaps and studying effective means of interrogation, in fact, helps illuminate the moral point at stake.
Afghanistan: A Critical Insight into Huntington’s Civilizational Approach
Understanding 9/11 and the US-led war on terror in Afghanistan as exemplifications of a clash of civilizations seems to be thoroughly misleading and dangerous.
Donald Trump and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
President Trump can instill a sense of urgency in Israel and Palestine and create a new chapter in which people recognise the many similarities that exist between them.
