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Sarah Palin should have taken PLSC250
Had one of my Introduction to International Relations students been taking questions from Charlie Gibson tonight, s/he would have been well prepared to answer his question regarding the “Bush Do… more →
Clouds, Clocks and Sitting at Tables
Fighting back against pirates
culpering355 wrote 2 days ago: Military.com: posted CNN video of security companies and new defense mechanisms set to aggressively … more →
I Smell a Rat!
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tumwijuke wrote 3 days ago: Runaway ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra has used new name in his passports issued by some African countries … more →
Terrorism, Interstate War, and Perceptions of Threat
Thomas wrote 1 week ago: Since 9/11, terrorism receives much attention in both the scholarly literature and the public discou … more →
3.5 million paid to Somali hijackers of Spanish ship
culpering355 wrote 1 week ago: Al Jazeera reports that pirates have freed a Spanish ship hijacked six weeks ago in the Indian ocean … more →
President Obama Goes to Asia
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gpmanson3 wrote 1 week ago: By G.P. Manson The President departed on Thursday for a nine day trip to East Asia, including stops … more →
Let's Hop off the China Fear Express
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Global Wonk wrote 1 week ago: GlobalWonk Enters Forbidden City President Obama’s trip to China has provided a platform from … more →
The Chinese Navy, Great Power Aspirations, and Domestic Instability
Thomas wrote 2 weeks ago: I have written quite extensively about China on this blog. In sum, I highlight that China’s ri … more →
Korean Naval Skirmish: What's the Objective?
B Gourley wrote 2 weeks ago: RoK Navy Ships Like Those Involved in Skirmish The navies of North and South Korea engaged in a brie … more →
GlobalWonk's Video Introduction
Global Wonk wrote 2 weeks ago: Jim Miller, GlobalWonk Jim Miller has posted the GlobalWonk Introduction video at YouTube. Please cl … more →
Engaging the Junta: Strategic Diplomacy or Wasted Breath?
gpmanson3 wrote 2 weeks ago: By G.P. Manson This week in Myanmar (formerly Burma), Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian an … more →
It's Just a Shot Away - This Week in (In)Security
dptrombly wrote 2 weeks ago: Presidents Medvedev (Russia) and Lukashenko (Belarus), courtesy armybase.us As Bono builds a new Ber … more →
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Rice Cutgrass wrote 3 weeks ago: Friends, Rice Cutgrass, as a legal trade entity, supports waterboarding as a form of intellig … more →
China's New Rules: No More Nice Hegemon
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gpmanson3 wrote 1 month ago: By G.P. Manson This week in Cha-am, Thailand, the leaders of the ten ASEAN nations and their counter … more →
The Anti-Piracy Naval Coalition…A Sign of Things to Come?
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gpmanson3 wrote 1 month ago: By G.P. Manson The nearly 20-year old Somali Civil War, which has reduced the central government’s c … more →
Iran's Nuclear Program: A Paper Tiger?
Dan Rozenson wrote 1 month ago: Potentially groundbreaking news regarding the Iranian nuclear program: It’s in much worse shap … more →
Explaining the Biden Shift on AfPak
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Dan Rozenson wrote 1 month ago: Joe Biden’s role as in-house skeptic of the US mission in Afghanistan seems to be the topic du … more →
North Korean Nuclear Rapprochement: The Current Installment of an Escalating Cycle
gpmanson3 wrote 1 month ago: This week the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and North Korea’s “Great Leader” Kim Jong-il met in Pyonyan … more →
President Obama Setting the Stage for Taliban Victory
orenlitwin wrote 1 month ago: By Oren Litwin While we can all remember Senator Obama’s fire-breathing calls for victory in t … more →
Is the Afghan War Actually the Pakistani War?
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Dan Rozenson wrote 1 month ago: Today I attended the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s hearing on Afghanistan. It was entit … more →
