United States

A No-First-Use Policy Would Make the United States Less Secure

Michaela Dodge and Adam Lowther • Oct 4 2016 • Articles

The benefits of a no-first-use policy are unlikely to materialize. Rather, the US is much more likely to see a number of negative consequences.

No First Use of Nuclear Weapons: An Option for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy?

Amy F. Woolf • Sep 28 2016 • Articles

As long as military and political leaders are aware of the effects of nuclear weapons, the barrier to crossing the nuclear threshold would remain prohibitively high.

Turkey’s Operation in Syria and the Future of the Syrian Civil War

Burak Cop • Sep 26 2016 • Articles

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

Audrey Alejandro • Sep 17 2016 • Articles

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

Marta Vrbetic • Sep 11 2016 • Articles

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

Nicolas Bouchet • Sep 6 2016 • Articles

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?

Jonathan Sciarcon • Aug 29 2016 • Articles

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

Shampa Biswas • Aug 24 2016 • Articles

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

Steven J. Barela and Avery Plaw • Aug 23 2016 • Articles

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

Robert A. Saunders • Aug 23 2016 • Articles

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.

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