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The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and US use of Military Force
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have diminished America’s willingness to deploy traditional methods of force whilst simultaneously increasing its willingness to utilise new, technologically advanced methods
The Enigma of Iranian-Israeli Relations
The recent intensification of enmity between Iran and Israel has been the focus of political analysts, pundits, practitioners, and critics alike.
1946: A Year of Ideological Preconceptions
The view that the Truman administration took in the lead up to, and during, the critical year of 1946 consequently affected the government’s actions when dealing with the Soviet Union.
What makes a successful sanctions regime?
This essay explores the partial “success” of sanctions in Libya and their “failure” in the case of North Korea, before looking at the issue of integrative complexity and the current sanctions regime in Iran.
Assessing Japan’s and China’s strategic relationships with the USA
The Asia-Pacific’s emerging powers are translating their prosperity into military power. In such a context, the relationships between the two regional powers and the United States, are crucial.
The power politics of multi-lateral engagement
Super-powers can be selective in their multi-lateral engagements. That is their problem. Middle-ranking powers cannot, that it is theirs.
Parallels between the Bush Doctrine and Obama Administration Policy
The election of Barack Obama as president in 2009 was thought to be the symbolic end of the Bush doctrine and its associated neoconservative underpinnings. This essay however seeks to challenge this notion by examining the parallels between the Bush doctrine and the policies of the Obama administration.
The Abatement of Insurgency in Iraq and the Re-emergence of Insurgency in Afghanistan
Although Western publics are not casualty-phobic and presently pay little attention to body counts as the ultimate barometer for success, they are wary of supporting wars with low prospects for ultimate triumph, and casualty rates and patterns can help formulate more nuanced policy opinions.
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