Friends With Benefits
What the UAE Really Wants from NATO August 14, 2014 Bilal Y. Saab Summary: The United Arab Emirates has recently said and done all the right things to prove that it wants a stronger partnership with...
View ArticleWhy the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin August 18, 2014 John J. Mearsheimer Summary: Conventional wisdom in the West blames the Ukraine crisis on Russian aggression. But this account is wrong:...
View ArticleHigh Representative, High Expectations
What to Expect from the EU's New Foreign Policy Chief September 4, 2014 Jeremy Shapiro and Riccardo Alcaro Summary: A good high representative can move the EU in the right direction, as long as he or...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Targeted Killings
The Rise and Fall of an International Norm September 12, 2014 Betcy Jose Summary: As the reaction to the death of al Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane has shown, open condemnation of targeted killings...
View ArticleBorn Free
How to Prevent Human Trafficking September 22, 2014 Sarah E. Mendelson Summary: With the MDGs coming to an end in 2015, the international community is now close to agreeing to what comes next. And...
View ArticleUndermined
The Case Against International Arbitration Tribunals October 1, 2014 Lauren Carasik Summary: Companies are increasingly using international arbitration tribunals for disputes involving extractive...
View ArticleThe Law of Rule
China's Judiciary After the Fourth Plenum October 26, 2014 Rebecca Liao Summary: The Fourth Plenum took a bureaucratic view of the judiciary, treating it as an ally to the regime in improving...
View ArticlePut It in Writing
How the West Broke Its Promise to Moscow October 29, 2014 Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson Summary: Russian leaders often claim the United States reneged on a promise not to expand NATO after the Cold...
View ArticleEgypt's Army of God
The Largest Arab Military Isn't As Secular As It Seems October 31, 2014 Gilad Wenig Summary: In a sense, the military’s embrace of Islam is unsurprising given the prominent role religion plays in...
View ArticleBetter Safe than Sorry
R2P and the Case for the Syrian Buffer Zone November 12, 2014 J. Trevor Ulbrick Summary: To date, three million Syrians have fled the war in their country. The exodus has now surpassed the Rwandan...
View ArticleThe End of Immunity?
Why Foreign Sovereign Employers Should be Concerned November 18, 2014 Rebecca M. Aragon and Jean M. Flannery Summary: Foreign sovereign employers often assume that they are immune from U.S. court...
View ArticleChina Scores
And What the United States Should Do Next November 23, 2014 Matthew Goodman and Ely Ratner Summary: Nearly two centuries after it lost its traditional place at the center of Asian affairs, Beijing has...
View ArticleEmpty Promises
Why France Won't Deliver for the Palestinians November 30, 2014 Rory Miller Summary: Tomorrow, the French National Assembly is set to vote on a resolution recognizing a Palestinian state. Although the...
View ArticleICC on Trial
The Kenyatta Trial and International Justice December 11, 2014 Kip Hale Summary: In 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) came into being. At the time, observers were hopeful that rule of law...
View ArticleThe Torture Report's Missing Victims
Did the United States Abuse Female Terrorist Suspects? December 14, 2014 Nimmi Gowrinathan Summary: Most of the recent Senate report on the CIA’s use of torture after 9/11 is gruesomely detailed. But...
View ArticleEurasian Disunion
Why the Union Might Not Survive 2015 December 26, 2014 Nate Schenkkan Summary: What started off as a relatively simple customs union in early 2014 has been transformed by treaty into a single economic...
View ArticleSo Long, Austerity?
Syriza's Victory and the Future of the Eurozone January 25, 2015 Stathis N. Kalyvas Summary: Talk of overturning austerity aside, Greece still needs the last 7.2 billion euro installment of the...
View ArticleThe New Asian Order
And How the United States Fits In February 2, 2015 Evan A. Feigenbaum Summary: As Asian countries increasingly rely on one another for trade, investment, and other economic public goods, Washington...
View ArticleSilencing the Shinawatras
How the Impeachment Will Stall Thailand’s Political Progress February 10, 2015 Matt Wheeler Summary: The impeachment of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra threatens to derail more than her...
View ArticleThe West Should Arm Ukraine
Here's Why—And How February 11, 2015 Alexander J. Motyl Summary: If and when Russia becomes friendly toward the West, Ukraine’s strategic importance will fade. Until then, defending Ukraine’s...
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