Feroz Hassan Khan: Limited War and Strategy After the May Crisis
Outline 00:00 Introduction to Strategic Dialogues 4:03 History of South Asia’s Strategic Learning Process 8:24 Simple Versus Complex Learning 12:13 Changes to Crisis Response Doctrines 17:34 The “New Abnormal” 20:23…
Sunjoy Joshi: The View from India
…we’ve gone into. Peter Slezkine: And what about the new government in Bangladesh? Sunjoy Joshi: The new government of Bangladesh initially, I think, you know, began with certain amount of…
North Africa Regional Outlook: April 15, 2026
…confined to Mali and Burkina Faso. ISSP claimed 35 JNIM fighters killed; analysts warned poor cross-border security is enabling both groups to expand. UN News Sudan: 14 Million Displaced; Hunger…
Blank check? The debate over US crisis response funds
…$5 billion Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund (CTPF), broadly intended to address the crisis in Iraq and Syria, and a $1 billion European Response Initiative (ERI), largely designed to reassure NATO allies…
The Crisis of Elite Capture in Pakistan and Sri Lanka
…onto Galle Fort’s once tourist-frequented beaches, Sri Lankans stormed the Presidential Palace in Colombo during a state of emergency to protest the worst economic crisis in the country’s history. In Pakistan, a similar…
A Credible Grand Strategy: The Urgent Need to Set Priorities
…Develop,” New York Times, March 8, 1992. See also “Excerpts from Pentagon’s Plan: ‘Prevent the Re-Emergence of a New Rival,’” New York Times, March 8, 1992; on the debate over…
A Foreign Affairs Budget For the Future: Fixing the Crisis in Diplomatic Readiness
…capacity is hobbled by a human capital crisis. We do not have enough people to meet our current responsibilities. Looking forward, requirements are expanding. Increased diplomatic needs in Iraq, Afghanistan,…
To Build the World, Build the Strategy: Toward a Progressive US Foreign Policy
…of the Left, 2. 13 Friedman, “Progressive Grand Strategy,” 6. 14 Ibid. 15 Friedman, “Progressive Grand Strategy”; on America’s nonrepresentative “monoculture,” see Jackson, Grand Strategies of the Left. 16 Van…