North America

China’s Growing Cyber War Capacities

Mattia Nelles • Jul 29 2012 • Essays

Given growing Chinese cyber-assets and activity, cyber foreign policy and espionage could pose a threat to US interests and Sino-American relations.

The Impact of ‘Identity Politics’ on Iranian-American Relations

Aryaman Bhatnagar • Jul 26 2012 •

1979 was a watershed for US-Iranian relations. Thereafter, a politics of identity has shaped relations, obstructing normalisation efforts.

Why Did ‘Intelligence’ Fail Britain and America in Iraq?

Nicholas Lawrence Adams • Jul 25 2012 • Essays

The intelligence gathered on Iraq featured a mixture of analytical failures, overstatement, misinterpretation and an overreliance on previous knowledge.

The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine

Robbie Murray Fergusson • Jul 23 2012 • Essays

China is rapidly expanding into the Western Hemisphere. While this is a challenge, treating it as a threat may be detrimental to American security and interests via the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Why Do Wars Occur and How Do They End?

James Iain Rogers • Jul 17 2012 • Essays

From the Peloponnesian Wars to the War on Terror, the brutal act of war itself has been packaged by all as a fight over what it means to be civilised.

‘Groupthink’ and US Foreign Policy

Jean-Baptiste Tai-Sheng Jacquet • Jul 17 2012 • Essays

Groupthink represents a crucial aspect of US foreign policy and is a concept that scholars must not neglect when analysing this topic.

Executive-Legislative Conflict over the War Powers Resolution

Alexander Ryland • Jul 9 2012 • Essays

In the post-9/11 era, the US Congress has failed to arrest the growth of the imperial presidency in foreign policy, rendering the WPR little more than a symbolic declaration of lost power.

An Analysis of Contemporary US-China-India Relations

Annemarie Detlef • Jul 7 2012 • Essays

The US-Sino-India triangle is one of the most important strategic relationships of contemporary foreign affairs. The increasing economic ties between China and India outweigh the likelihood of realist war.

Bush and US Foreign Policy: Change or Continuity?

Sam Randfield • Jul 3 2012 • Essays

In terms of fundamental principles Bush’s pre- and post-9/11 foreign policy strategies did not differ dramatically from each other or from historical norms.

AIPAC and Iran: Influential or Irrelevant?

Drew Wagstaff • Jul 1 2012 • Essays

The introduction of the AIPAC into the debate surrounding Iran’s nuclear capabilities will move the United States’ position towards Israel’s.

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