United States

Review – Reporting at the Southern Borders

Jairo Lugo-Ocando • Feb 20 2014 • Features

Dell’Orto and Birchfeld provide unique and compelling insights into the uncertainty, dilemmas and challenges routinely faced by journalists when reporting on immigration.

Gateways to Peace in Syria: Going Beyond Geneva II

Hilal Khashan • Feb 18 2014 • Articles

When negotiations between the US, Russia and Iran grow best in the dark, as they are bound to, Assad will realise that he is an expendable pawn in the game of nations.

China’s “Near Seas” Threat – Less than Meets the Eye?

David McDonough • Feb 5 2014 • Articles

There’s no denying that China has made some important progress in building its military capabilities. But it may be premature to consider it a rival to the US at the moment.

Syria: Par for the Course

Daniel Serwer • Feb 2 2014 • Articles

When all else fails, an agreement to meet again is trumpeted as success. If the talks fail, they should do so in a way that leaves open the possibility of reconvening.

The Khobragade Fiasco and the State of Diplomatic Immunity

Uma Purushothaman • Feb 2 2014 • Articles

The Devyani Khobragade incident has highlighted the larger issue of diplomatic immunity, with the India-U.S. spat arising out of differing interpretations of this concept.

What Lies Ahead: Accelerating Growth or Secular Stagnation?

Andrew Kliman • Jan 24 2014 • Articles

Although recent statistics point to the end of the recession in the Eurozone and the UK, and to economic growth in the US, there are some good reasons to critically examine these ‘recoveries’.

Rising Extremism: The Debate Over U.S. Arms Sales to Iraq

Jennifer Taw • Jan 19 2014 • Articles

A US sale of Apache helicopters to Iraq would at best have no substantive effect on the short-term ability to combat al Qaeda. At worst, it would contribute to increased extremism in the region.

Review – Religion and American Exceptionalism

Chin-Kuei Tsui • Jan 10 2014 • Features

The authors provide a critical lens through which readers can examine the history and discursive origins of American exceptionalism – that is, a narrative which illustrates who Americans are.

Can Legalism Avoid War in the South China Sea?

Timo Kivimäki • Jan 8 2014 • Articles

The focus of peace effort for the past decade in the region has been on a specific Code of Conduct, a set of norms that recognizes the rule of UNCLOS in the settlement of maritime territorial disputes. The more the disputes become a matter of legal norms, the less benefits could be achieved by means of dangerous military demonstrations.

China’s ADIZ in the East China Sea

Serafettin Yilmaz • Jan 8 2014 • Articles

China’s recently-established ADIZ has been met with a variety of responses from countries both near and far, all of which have strategic implications for the security and stability of the region.

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