Will the U.S. be Overtaken by China In Space?
Will Chinese taikonauts land on the moon in 2020? Given such broad Chinese efforts in developing space technology, China could surpass the US in the coming decade.
US Intervention in the “Arab Spring”
US intervention in the Arab world is still predicated on the same foundations that determined the courses of US foreign policy during the Cold War. With the Arab Spring, US intervention is likely to continue and expand.
The IMF and American Power
The IMF is ‘in trouble’ because it does not represent a place for collective action nor of universality. Rather, it constitutes an executive agent of American power and its global projections vis-à-vis other economies.
Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Different From George W. Bush’s?
Obama’s successes have come when he has followed the policies of the Bush administration. His failures have come when he has attempted to implement his own initiatives.
Review – The Counter-Counter Insurgency Manual
This book opposes the militarization of anthropology, and views the US army’s effort to enlist anthropologists as fieldworkers as ethically repugnant.
Review – Border Walls
With imagination and erudition, Jones investigates the fundamental tensions between democratic ideals and the brute realities of the enforcement of state power on the ground.
Israel and the United States: Facing Dramatic Decisions
The Obama administration must understand that an Israeli military operation against Iran is liable to drag the United States into the battlefield against its will.
Review – Confront and Conceal
Those wishing to understand the limitations of American power and how difficult the foreign policy-making process will be in an age of austerity should consult this first draft of history.
Reframing Interests and Policies in the Middle East: Lessons from the Arab Spring
Turning a blind eye to human rights violations and despotism is not just morally questionable, its not in the national interest.
Contesting Sovereignty Over Pacific Islands During WWII
During World War II, the Pacific Islands were an area of great power rivalry between the otherwise allied Britain and the United States The catalyst for this rivalry was the expansion of civil and military aviation.
