by BRUCE JENTLESON for DEUTSCHE WELLE on MAY 16, 2013: Worse than not learning from history, is drawing the wrong lessons. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars carry lessons for the US and its allies in Syria. We just need to get it right, writes Bruce W. Jentleson. In a nutshell, there are two important lessons to [...]
by CHARLES KURZMAN for *KURZMAN.EDU (PERSONAL WEB SITE) on APRIL 26, 2013: Federal funding for international education has never been so poor. This year’s 5% percent sequestration, on top of a 47% cut in 2011, has brought the Department of Education’s National Resource Centers to their lowest level of support since the program was established [...]
by JACK GOLDSMITH for LAWFARE: HARD NATIONAL SECURITY CHOICES (BLOG) on FEBRUARY 23, 2013: I noted last week than in his answer to the question whether the Obama administration could “carry out drone strikes inside the United States,” John Brennan gave this non-response: “This Administration has not carried out drone strikes inside the United States and has no intention of doing so.” Now [...]
by PHILIP GIRALDI for THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE on JANUARY 2, 2013: A new PBS documentary (“Valentino’s Ghost”) reveals how films and other media have shaped an anti-Muslim narrative. Control of the preferred narrative is essential in today’s instant-news political culture. This has been particularly true since 9/11, as the United States government and the cooperative [...]
by RIAD KAHWAJI and THEODORE KARASIK for REAL CLEAR WORLD on FEBRUARY 7, 2013: Tension is high throughout the Greater Middle East region starting from Mauritania in North Africa all the way to Pakistan with terrorist attacks, uprisings and wars breaking out in various parts. There has never been a period in recent history where this region [...]
Rebiya Kadeer: American Grand Strategy Should Care About the Uyghurs
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary on MARCH 12, 2013: In a public lecture on March 4, Rebiya Kadeer, head of the World Uyghur Congress and a prominent human rights advocate for the Uyghur people, came to Duke University through the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy to make the case for why American Grand Strategy should [...]
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