United States

Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Different From George W. Bush’s?

Peter Feaver and Ionut Popescu • Aug 3 2012 • Articles

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

James Hevia • Aug 3 2012 • Features

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

Karthika Sasikumar • Aug 1 2012 • Features

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

Zaki Shalom • Aug 1 2012 • Articles

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

Andrew J. Gawthorpe • Jul 26 2012 • Features

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

Benedetta Berti and Yoel Guzansky • Jul 22 2012 • Articles

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

Matthew A. Hill • Jul 20 2012 • Articles

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.

Review – Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China

Shiran Shen • Jul 19 2012 • Features

The stakes of Chinese espionage against the US are higher than ever. Tiger Trap is a timely book which enriches understanding of the issue.

The Moral Molecule and International Relations

Paul J. Zak • Jul 3 2012 • Articles

Every representative political system depends on trust. The same is true for relations between polities. Yet, very little research has been done to understand why it is that we trust others and what those findings could mean for International Relations.

The Cold War is Sustained Through Pyongyang: The East-West Divide in Northeast Asia

Steven C. Denney • Jun 21 2012 • Articles

Though frustrating for the U.S., South Korea and Japan, the geopolitical reality is that northeast Asia remains mired in a Cold War-esque East-West divide between the Continental and Oceanic powers.

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