James Joyner on Why America Loses Wars
James Joyner has a provocative column at the New Atlanticist that argues that World War II was the last major war the United States won from the Clausewitz’s notion of winning political objectives: As...
View ArticleWhat to Make of North Korea
Hardly a day goes by with out some outrageous new threat by North Korea. Aiden Foster-Carter offers an interesting analysis on the Guardian. He notes that while the U.S. has little to fear from these...
View ArticleThe Next Korean War
Professors Keir Lieber and Daryl Press have an essay in Foreign Affairs that argues that the North Korean nuclear threat needs to be taken seriously by the United States, and offers ways to ameliorate...
View ArticleEmotions in Foreign Policy Decisionmaking
Robert Farley has an interesting essay at The Diplomat that discusses how emotions play a role in governmental decisionmaking. The role is far more subtle than one would anticipate: A recent...
View ArticleChanging Attitudes Toward the U.S. By South Koreans
Max Fisher has an interesting essay in the Washington Post about how South Korean attitudes about the U.S. have greatly changed in recent years. Once a country with a very high negative view of the...
View ArticleAdmiral Greenert and General Welsh Explain Air-Sea Battle
The “Air Sea Battle” concept developed by the Air Force and the Navy a few years back has not been very well understood either by pundits or even by many in the military. In an effort to give greater...
View ArticleWhat Can South Korea Learn From the South Asia Nuclear Experience?
Timothy Westmyer and Yogeshi Joshi of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at George Washington University have a blog post the The Dimplomat arguing that the India-Pakistan nuclear experience sugggests...
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