Defense & Security
Actions vs. Words: The US Approaches to Libya and Syria
By Michael Purzycki |
Quick intervention in Libya prevented a massacre. Empty words did nothing to halt massacres in Syria. Ten years after the Arab Spring, leaders should learn this lesson.
Biden’s Peninsula: A Korea Policy Outline for a New Administration
By Benjamin Zimmer |
Among the variety of foreign policy challenges the new Biden administration faces, effectively coordinating a policy toward the Korean peninsula is a critical challenge. After all, the peninsula is home to a key adversary and ally. North Korea The biggest issue inherited by the Biden administration is unraveling the personalized approach to North Korea favored…
Accelerate Indigenous Language Reclamation in Australia
By Sana Chaudhry |
Investment into Indigenous languages remains a low priority for the Australian government. Yet without more federal coordination and funding, Indigenous languages risk being lost forever. Protecting linguistic diversity is a global responsibility and Australia needs to accelerate its efforts.
What Prospects for a Eurodeterrent?
By Nick Lokker |
As the European strategic autonomy debate has heated up over the past few years, there has been increasing discussion about the idea of a pan-European nuclear deterrent. Yet numerous obstacles stand in the way of realizing this ambition in the short- to medium-term.
Reviving NATO under a Biden Presidency
By Kathryn Urban |
The election of President-elect Joe Biden has raised hopes for a reinvigoration of transatlantic relations. But the specter of US isolationism as well as economic pressures from Covid-19 will continue to limit NATO engagement.
European Defense: Rhetoric vs. Reality
By Nick Lokker |
A new round of Franco-German debate has once again raised the question of European strategic autonomy as current efforts to increase defense capabilities have largely failed to live up to their potential.
IDS International CEO: Biden’s Foreign Policy Will Seek To Undo Damage To Alliances, Institutions
By Jonathan Stutte |
Charged Affairs Staff Writer interviewed IDS International CEO Nick Dowling -- an acknowledged expert in the foreign policy and security spaces -- on what President-Elect Biden's foreign policy will look like.
Clausewitz in the Age of Terror
By Kathryn Urban |
Clausewitz’s On War remains a key text for modern military professionals. But do these 19th century theories hold water in today’s era of transnational terrorism?
Big Tech Should Pay Publishers
By Joseph Bodnar |
Big tech is eroding quality journalism. In July, Australia put forward a draft framework to save it. It is past time for similar measures to be implemented in the United States.
Why the West Must Remain Engaged in Bosnia
By Michael Purzycki |
Twenty-five years after its devastating war, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains deeply divided by religion and ethnicity. Young Bosnians, however, are more likely to cross divides. Membership in NATO and the European Union would buttress their efforts.
Actually a European Army Could Be in the UK’s Post-Brexit Interest
By Conor Hannigan |
Back in 2016, during the campaign leading up to the United Kingdom’s referendum on EU membership, The Guardian published an article entitled “Is there a secret plan to create an EU army?” The article addressed Eurosceptic claims that the European Union was en route to the creation of unified armed forces, and that these plans…
Renewing US-Turkey Ties
By John Ashley |
The Middle East has been important to the United States’ strategy since the 1940s and throughout the Cold War. As a member of NATO, Turkey held a special place in the region as one of the United States’ closest allies. Turkish and American soldiers fought side by side in the Korean War, and Turkey has…
Russia’s Baltic Cyber Campaign Leaves NATO Endangered
By Cameron McCord |
Russia is constantly on the offensive in the Baltic region, seeking to undermine the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) through cyber intrusions and targeted disinformation efforts. To help bolster this front line and secure their own domains, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania need to work together, sharing cyber capabilities and understanding. Russian…
President Trump’s Incoherent Foreign Policy Strains Alliances
By Jonathan Stutte |
“October surprises” are traditionally reserved for American election politics, but this October both the Saudi-Khashoggi Affair and the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) beg to redefine the phrase. While unconnected, both cases are the newest additions to the ongoing exhibition of a confounding U.S. foreign policy. An aggressive and inconsistent…
Living With a Nuclear-Armed Iran
By Michael Purzycki |
Since becoming president, Donald Trump has sought to undo the Obama Administration’s policies towards Iran, especially regarding the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. He has withdrawn the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and staffed the upper ranks of his administration with hawks, like Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, who have long seen…
Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons
By John Ashley |
Nuclear technology-sharing deals requires that recipient states be trustworthy. Providing nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia is dangerous.
Fuel for Hamas’ Fire
By Emily Przyborowski |
Reducing humanitarian aid to Palestine would increase Hamas' power and access in the West Bank, with security implications for Israel.
The UK Desperately Needs a New Counterterrorism Model
By Caroline Rose |
The UK's counter-terrorism strategy is outdated, and needs to be revised for preventative measures that take into consideration newer style threats.
Mein Gott! Would Germany Build a Bomb?
By John Ashley |
In August 2018, an article was published in The National Interest suggesting that Germany should develop its own nuclear arsenal. Since the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, the idea of Germany developing its own, or a “European,” nuclear deterrent has appeared in policy discussions both inside and outside of Germany. Every time this was in reaction…
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