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31 August 2017 Russia weighs in on Bannon-free White House
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15 August 2017 Japan and the Issue of Nuclear Energy
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15 August 2017 Revisiting the Politics of the Earth
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North Korea, the US and the Status Quo
20 February 2017In the age of “fake news” and President Donald Trump claiming that Sweden was riddled with terror attacks which of course never took place, and of perpetual corporate and state-media propaganda passed on as real news, it is very difficult to separate fact from fiction. Making matters worse, hyperbolic rhetoric goes a long way to
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Iraq: The Strategic Lessons of Chilcot
10 July 2016“The danger is, as ever with these things, unintended consequences” Prime Minister Tony Blair, 2002 It is 12 volumes and 2.6 million words in length and took 7 years to prepare. Yesterday afternoon I spent reading the 150 pages of the Executive Summary of Sir John Chilcot’s magnus opus The Iraq Enquiry. The strategic implications
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Iraq Analysis: Prime Minister Caught Between Status Quo & A Cleric
27 March 2016In Iraq, the menace of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, has reared its head again, posing serious challenges to Prime Minister Abadi and his plans for government reform. For several months, Abadi’s efforts to fight corruption and replace incompetent ministers with technocrats have faced resistance from entrenched interests from all
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Repairing the Policy-Making Processes of the United States: The First Step in Improving Its Defense
13 February 2016Former US Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Robert Gates explained on the January 21, 2016 Business Insider website that our military’s biggest weakness is sequestration, compounded by unpredictability in the budgeting process. Adequate and predictable funding is absolutely necessary for a successful US military. However, the US has suffered humiliating failures in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and
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A New Wave of Turkey’s Return to the Arc of Crisis
15 September 2015Turkey’s relationship with the Middle East and North Africa has been quite controversial since the very proclamation of the Republic due to the new elite’s reservations about establishing close contact with the region due to their concerns about the project of cutting ties with the Ottoman Empire not only in terms of cultural and historical
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The Iranian Role in Iraq is Underreported
14 January 2015News reports tell us that negotiations have been delayed between the U.S. and Iran on nuclear weapons. But the reports divert our attention on Al Qaeda/ISIS while supporting the Shia’s diversion of US supplies and support away from the Sunnis trying to fight Al Qaeda/ISIS. The reported deaths of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) general
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Flood Hazard Risk Exposure in the United States an Issue After Harvey and Irma
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31 August 2017 Russia weighs in on Bannon-free White House
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15 August 2017 The End of War: Truth or Fiction?