Can a US Partner Practice Multi-Alignment? The UAE is Certainly Trying.
…to project military power in any way comparable to the United States. Russia, meanwhile, is an erratic and unreliable partner, especially while it is fighting a grueling war in Ukraine….
Proposed US Arms Sales to Egypt Could Test New Conventional Arms Policy
…which the Egyptian government can and will be responsive to US requirements for continued military assistance. Although some in Congress, such as Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), have been openly…
Implications of South Korea’s Failed Impeachment Vote
…shaping the martial law plan. Meanwhile, the opposition party’s leader, Lee Jae-myung, is embroiled in his own battles. Recent polls indicate that Lee would be the top contender in a…
Modernizing the Nonproliferation Toolkit: The Case of Poland
…failing to engage the private sector actors who wittingly or unwittingly are facilitating proliferation, or leveraging the talents and capacities across multiple government stovepipes with the means to tackle a…
Reform the Foreign Policy Toolkit for a Rebalanced World
…cross-border conflict: the absence of effective, efficient, responsive governance. Security assistance programs are also dispersed, with the Defense Department playing a growing role, focused on strengthening military and security forces,…
Partnership in Peace Operations: Implementing Resolution 2719
…contexts. Ensuring such adaptability will be essential for translating the resolution’s principles into effective, context-responsive action on the ground. Progress on Operationalizing Resolution 2719 Since the adoption of Resolution 2719,…
Myanmar: An Enduring Intelligence State, or a State Enduring Intelligence?
…employed to defend the unitary ethnic-Burman (Bamar) dominated state, by whatever means available. In the name of the “three national causes” of stability, unity, and sovereignty, they have ruthlessly exercised…
Closing the Governance Gap in Climate, Security, and Peacebuilding
…UN system, boosting the role of regional organizations, reframing the debate so as to better incorporate peacebuilding, and making the decision-making process more inclusive, especially through meaningful participation by subnational…