Security

Taking the Next Step in Refugee Aid

February 18, 2012 by Emily Ginsberg

The word “refugee” usually conjures up images of teeming tent camps in barren fields, makeshift communities kept far from the rest of society. But there is a growing population of displaced people around the world who have relocated to cities in refugee recipient countries – and who have no foreseeable plans for returning to their [...]

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How Mass Atrocities End: An Evidence-Based Counter-Narrative

January 31, 2012 by Alex de Waal, Jens Meierhenrich, and Bridget Conley-Zilkic
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By returning to the historical record of how mass atrocities end, this essay examines three crucial narrative frameworks that inform today’s agenda of “protection of civilians” in conflict. The evidentiary record of actual cases of mass atrocity demonstrates a broad range of forces—local, national, and regional—that contribute to ending atrocities. Based on comparative evidence, the authors provide a counter narrative to how mass atrocities end and the dominant civilian protection agenda.

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Between the Senkakus and a Hard Place

December 3, 2011 by Leonard Kosinski
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Unresolved territorial disputes are among the key issues — along with China’s continued military growth, a resurgent Russia and a provocative North Korea — that create a balance of power that is not necessarily in Japan’s interest. In light of these challenges, the US-Japan Alliance remains as critical an anchor for security in Pacific Asia as ever before.

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Raining on Pyongyang’s Parade

December 3, 2011 by Sung-Yoon Lee

Behavioral patterns in North Korea’s brinkmanship make preparing for the next provocation possible. Understanding these patterns is important for the year 2012 when North Korea celebrates the centenary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the founding dictator of North Korea and late father of Kim Jong Il. Pyongyang’s most likely next move would be another nuclear or ballistic missile test in 2012.

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Transformative Force: How Counterterrorism Lessons Built a More Efficient US Military

December 2, 2011 by Colonel William B. Ostlund

Counterterrorism forces in Iraq and Afghanistan facilitated modernization of the U.S. military’s approach to combat through improving interagency coordination.

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Iran’s Plot to Assassinate the Saudi Ambassador: Rhetoric or Reality?

December 2, 2011 by Artin Afkhami

There is no question that the Obama administration’s allegations regarding an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to America have aroused international concern. But experts continue to debate the veracity of the plot itself.

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Why Policymakers Are Confused About Victory

May 15, 2011 by William Martel

As the United States and its NATO and Gulf allies began Operation Odyssey Dawn against Muammar al-Qadhafi’s loyalist forces in March 2011, policymakers and scholars from the start should have debated three central questions: what would victory look like, how would it be won, and what would be the cost? These questions are, of course, [...]

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