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European Security | Dec. 19, 2024

It’s (Still) More Expensive to Rotate Military Forces Overseas than Base...

In mid-2020, then-President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to withdraw roughly one-third of US forces from Germany, reportedly because of policy differences with Berlin. Given how long it would take to implement such a significant change in

South & Latin America | Dec. 18, 2024

Security Implications for the United States from Iranian and Hezbollah A...

This presentation will examine engagement with Latin America by Iran, its government agents, and surrogate groups such as Hezbollah, including terrorist finance, terrorism, and other activities and their evolution in recent years. It will address the

External Articles | Dec. 17, 2024

Making the Case for Democratic, Limited Government and Economic Liberty ...

This work is derived from an address given by the author to the InterAmerican Institute for Democracy on December 4, 2024, in Miami, Florida.In discussing the status of political and economic freedom in Latin America, my thoughts go to the

European Security | Dec. 10, 2024

Will Assad’s Defeat be Putin’s Waterloo?

The narrative of Russia’s ascendancy in 2024 is beginning to look like more fiction than fact. The Assad regime in Syria has become a casualty of Moscow’s increasingly desperate efforts in Ukraine, and its collapse is a strategic and operational blow

Publications | Dec. 5, 2024

China’s Next Step in Modernizing the People’s Liberation Army: A New Res...

The Chinese Communist Party’s massive active-duty army—the largest in the world—understates the manpower available to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) during a future protracted war. Despite the hundreds of thousands of combat troops garrisoned
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Colombia and the United States–The Partnership: But What Is the Endgame?
February 1, 2007

Russia and the European Union: The Sources and Limits of “Special Relationships”
February 1, 2007

The Iraq War: Learning from the Past, Adapting to the Present, and Planning for the Future
February 1, 2007

Understanding Indian Insurgencies: Implications for Counterinsurgency Operations in the Third World
February 1, 2007

Globalization and Its Implications for the Defense Industrial Base
February 1, 2007

Russia, the United States, and the Caucasus
February 1, 2007

In Defense of Rational Risk Assessment
February 1, 2007

The Other Special Relationship: The United States and Australia at the Start of the 21st Century
February 1, 2007

The New Totalitarians: Social Identities and Radical islamist Political Grand Strategy
January 1, 2007

Negotiating with Iran and Syria over Iraq
January 1, 2007