The Trump administration’s decision to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani illuminates one of the most recurrent and self-destructive fallacies of strategic thinking: that our enemies act as they do because of their “nature,” while we act as we do because we face serious structural or environmental constraints.
Read MoreAs the Trump administration signals a return to great-power competition, it has also damaged the United States’ ability to prevail.
Read Moreonflict zones provide ideal conditions for waste criminals, that waste crime is an easy way for militias to profit, and that environmental crime differs sharply from other modes of predation in the political science literature.
Read MoreThe Kremlin is losing the public’s tolerance to the severe mismanagement of the state. How will this domestic turmoil affect Russia’s international behavior?
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At our Engaging Practitioners event that attracted a full house, Ambassador Mitchell spoke about the different stages of his career, elaborating on his service on Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, the State Department, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and as Ambassador to Burma.
Read MoreMilitary interventions by major powers, especially the United States, designed to build states rest on flawed reasoning and a basic misunderstanding of how non-traditional threats emerge.
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THURSDAY, November 14, 2019 12:30-2:00pm Cabot 703 Prior to his assignment in Boston, Arnaud Mentré was Deputy Assistant Secretary for
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Thursday, October 24, 2019 4:00-5:30pm Murrow Room Derek Mitchell is the third president of the National Democratic Institute. Mitchell has had a distinguished career
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What happens to a country when its core national identity – its preferred image of itself in terms of race
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