World Politics
Senior Indian Leadership to Headline IISS-Citi India Global Forum
Senior government officials and international experts to gather for policy discussions on ‘India as a Rising Great Power: Challenges and Opportunities’
The IISS-Citi India Global Forum (IGF) will convene from 18 to 20 April 2008 in New Delhi, bringing together top Indian leadership with senior government officials and international experts. During the course of the Forum, […]
Charlie Wilson’s War Was Really America’s War
If there exists one visional depiction of the Cold War’s end, it is still a Eurocentric one, November 9, 1989, the day East Berliners joined with those of the city’s West in celebration of the Berlin Wall’s demise. Three weeks earlier, on October 19, 1989, Stalinist East German dictator Erich Honecker, facing mass internal opposition, […]
The Burden Of Freedom Takes The Heart Of A Lion
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” - Thomas Jefferson
We Americans are sensitive about our liberty - it was won at a high cost and throughout our history good men and women have died far from home to protect it. […]
Persian Puzzle
In the essential “Persian Puzzle” (Random House - 1st Edition de Luxe in gorgeous gunmetal Union Blue with Gold gilt designed by Victoria Wong. ) Military Spy Guy (Foreign Armies Persian Gulf Dept) Ken Pollack shares that his Iranian epiphany was truly double.
First off, back in the days of Realpolitk, the horrible Iran - […]
Combating the “Unitary Executive” and Restoring Our Political System
“In politics, today is not yesterday, and forever does not exist.” These are the words of historian Geoffrey Perret, whose spring 2007 book lays out the blueprint for how our nation drifted from the path of being a diplomatic nation that avoided entanglements abroad and set an example of liberty for mankind to its present […]
Iran and the NIE: Where Do We Go From Here?
In the wake of last week’s bombshell that was the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear program, it’s time to think a bit about what the report means for US foreign policy towards Iran.
The most important impact of the NIE’s findings is there is no imminent threat. If the NIE is correct (and as we […]
With High Confidence; Intel We Can Finally Believe
Caution is the word of the day, especially when it comes to standing confidently on either side of the NIE report, excepting the president of course. This at least is the slant of opinions at The NY Times; good news is bad news, and bad is good. Why is it that the same […]
Happy Birthday Winston Churchill!
He was a man of consummate strength and sagacity - of fierce will and gifted leadership. There are few like him in human history, but those that lead a nation through hell on earth deserve more than words and monuments - they deserve our pledge that will never forget what they fought for and […]
What To Do In Pakistan?
[Update: More on Pakistan]
[Please allow me to introduce myself…I’m a man of little wealth and questionable taste. But I am the author of Security Dilemmas, a blog on international and national security, international politics, and international law and one of the newest members of the Political Grind community. I’m a professor of international […]
