Category: Foreign Policy
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A Reassessment of the Munich Agreement
The significance today of reassessing the 1938 Munich Agreement lies in the frequent uses of the terms Munich and Appeasemen” with regard to the Iranian nuclear program.
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Are Military Interventions Inevitably Doomed to Backfire?
Military interventions are always liable to backfire and cause unintended harm to an intervening state on various grounds, such as ideological, political, and economic.
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Cooperation or Competition? External Support and Interrebel Dynamics
Non-state armed groups who receive fungible resources, such as funding or weapons, are more likely to experience interrebel fighting and less likely to be in an alliance.
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Does a ‘Global Jihad’ Phenomena Exist?
Perhaps there is a ‘Global Jihad’, but not in the perverted form hijacked by political Islam as a kind of collective aggression against the West.
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Killing by Remote Control: Western Countries Relying on Technology in the Military
The growing reliance on drones highlights the Western requirement for precision, accountability, and a reduction in collateral damage
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Putin & Russian Heritage: Russia’s Foreign Policy Identity Since Napoleon
The development of an imperial identity during the Soviet Union, plus the disruption caused by Yeltsin, shaped Russian foreign policy identity even to Putin.
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Explaining Russia’s Intervention in Syria in September 2015
Instead of giving an empirical account of the factors that led to Russia’s intervention, it’s important to explore the extent to which IR theory explains such a calculus.
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Morgenthau’s Utilitarian Version of Realism
Morgenthau’s realist doctrine is neither amoral nor bellicose because it is informed by a set of utilitarian ethics which aim to prevent major conflict via lesser evils.
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Challenges and Opportunities for Walzer’s “Jus ad Vim” for the 21st Century
“Jus ad vim” undoubtedly has a role in the ethical evaluation of military and government activities, especially in the realm of emerging technology such as drones.
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US Foreign Policy and the 1973 Coup in Chile
Containment theory and its tendency to promote blunt thinking, especially in the Americas, was the prime factor affecting the logic behind US support for the coup in Chile.