Turkey’s Operation in Syria and the Future of the Syrian Civil War
Erdoğan and his allies need to come to terms with the reality that the only way to foster Syrian national unity is to have cordial relations with Syrian Arab Republic.
Walking the Reflexive Talk
Semi-directive interviews are an innovative methodology that could apprehend the subjective and objective conditions of reflexivity understood as a social practice.
For Croatia and Its Neighbors, Teachable Moments on Ethics in Politics
Accused of a conflict of interest, Croatia’s Karamarko Instigates the Fall of the Oreskovic Government, inflicting a severe blow to his party and his political future.
Long Game, Hard Choices: The Obama Administration and Democracy in Egypt
The experiences of the Arab Spring cannot be erased and the US will have no choice but to factor in its foreign policy, the popular political aspirations in the region.
The Obama Administration and Israel: Aberration or Harbinger of Change?
We are witnessing the start of an unraveling bi-partisan support in the US for Israel, which has potentially been hurried by the Obama-Netanyahu feud.
Finger on the Nuclear Button: Gender, Responsibility and Nuclear Custodianship
Hillary Clinton quite literally turned the tables on Trump – inverting the gender binary that had for centuries kept women from public office
The Precision of Drones: Problems with the New Data and New Claims
Though startling assertions are now presented on the imprecision of drones, one must look carefully at the data to understand what conclusions can be drawn.
Commercial(ized) Nationalism on Display at the Olympics
Overseas corporations are taking an increasingly important role in telling Americans exactly who they are, as in the case of several ads broadcast during the Olympics.
Statecraft and the Limitations of Economic Sanctions
Strategies relying on the pure coercive nature of economic sanctions rarely succeed in their goals, and alone are not capable of forcing countries to make concessions.
War through a Temporal Lens
The unforeseeable future implicates the present but also the manner in which decisions in the present operate at the intersection of meaning in past and future.
