Author: Xiaodon L. Liang

By Nils Hägerdal Political instability and armed conflicts in the Middle East pose a fundamental challenge to state institutions and

Thomas Cavanna, visiting assistant professor at The Fletcher School, presented a paper on China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its

Megan McBride, a postdoctoral fellow and religious studies scholar focusing on terrorism and violence, presented an early draft of her

By Xiaodon L. Liang Theresa May is on her way out, finally. This week, Conservative detractors rallied enough support to

By Megan McBride We’re “neither fish nor fowl,” said Julia McQuaid, a principal research scientist at CNA, describing the unique

By Nils Hägerdal Despite an enormous investment of troops and treasure, U.S. security policy in the Middle East is best

By Neha Ansari Sumit Ganguly, professor of political science at Indiana University, presented a chapter from his upcoming book on

By David Kampf The so-called global refugee crisis is not disappearing anytime soon. Venezuelans are fleeing political upheaval and economic

Neha Ansari

Any optimism that the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab had been permanently subdued was brutally disabused in mid-January, when an armed assault on an upscale city block in Nairobi left at least 21 people dead. The tragedy should once again raise questions about the United States’ implicit theory of victory underlying its heavy and increasing use of drone strikes in counterterrorism operations in Somalia and beyond.

The Center for Strategic Studies hosted a Democracy Forum event addressing the status of the liberal international order on October