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Month: August 2020

COVID-19 and Economic Competition with China and Russia

August 31, 2020
Howard J. Shatz
COVID-19 and Economic Competition with China and Russia

Tensions at the U.N. Security Council

August 31, 2020
Richard Gowan
Tensions at the U.N. Security Council

Changing the Guard in Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Resign

August 28, 2020
Tre Hester
Changing the Guard in Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Resign

A History of U.S. Foreign Policy from Z to Shining Z

August 28, 2020
William Inboden, Philip Zelikow, and Robert Zoellick
A History of U.S. Foreign Policy from Z to Shining Z

Capturing Flags and Recruiting Future Cyber Soldiers

August 28, 2020
Samuel Crislip
Capturing Flags and Recruiting Future Cyber Soldiers

The United Arab Emirates and Israel Just Came Clean on Their Extra-Marital Affair

August 28, 2020
Gilead Sher and Yoel Guzansky
The United Arab Emirates and Israel Just Came Clean on Their Extra-Marital Affair

Belgrade’s New Game: Scapegoating Russia and Courting Europe

August 28, 2020
Vuk Vuksanovic
Belgrade’s New Game: Scapegoating Russia and Courting Europe

Subtweets Are Partisan Too: Why Retired Generals Can’t Avoid the Parties

August 27, 2020
Luke J. Schumacher
Subtweets Are Partisan Too: Why Retired Generals Can’t Avoid the Parties

Civil-Military Lessons from Latin America

August 27, 2020
David Pion-Berlin and Andrew Ivey
Civil-Military Lessons from Latin America

Pulling Back the Curtain on Turkey’s Natural Gas Strategy

August 26, 2020
John V. Bowlus
Pulling Back the Curtain on Turkey’s Natural Gas Strategy

Caught in Climate Security Inaction

August 26, 2020
Eleanor Beevor
Caught in Climate Security Inaction

Spying on the Nazi and Soviet Bombs

August 26, 2020
Timothy McDonnell
Spying on the Nazi and Soviet Bombs

United States, Colombia Launch New Economic and Security Initiative

August 25, 2020
Tre Hester
United States, Colombia Launch New Economic and Security Initiative

It’s Fun to Stay in the JCPOA

August 25, 2020
Nina Jancowicz, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar, and Erin Simpson
It’s Fun to Stay in the JCPOA

Soldier-Scholar (Pick One): Anti-Intellectualism in the American Military

August 25, 2020
James Joyner
Soldier-Scholar (Pick One): Anti-Intellectualism in the American Military

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