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Search results 21600-21615 of 54771

Jan 2016

The Best FPRI Essays on Asia 2005-2015

Nicholas R Lardy, Melanie Manion, Thomas B Gold, Arthur Waldron, June Teufel Dreyer, Gilbert Rozman, Jacqueline N Deal, Jacques deLisle, Gilbert Rozman, Rensselaer Lee, Walter A McDougall, Da Wei, Xinjun Zhang, Shelley Rigger, Theodore Friend, William Krist, Felix K Chang, Sumit Ganguly, Marvin C Ott, Julia Allen, Kongdan Oh, Avery Goldstein

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

The title of this e-book says it all. It’s a collection of 30 Asia-centered articles, essays or conference reports written for FPRI between 2005-2015. The texts, depending on their content, are cluste...

Jan 2016

Turkey´s Kurdish Problem - Then and Now

Nick Danforth

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This commentary examines how Turkey's ruling AKP party has pushed the idea of a multicultural Turkish national identity as a way to end its long-running “Kurdish problem.” More specifically, the text’s...

Jan 2016

The Case for Syrian Refugee Resettlement in the US

Lincoln Mitchell, Michael Cecire

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This commentary argues that the internal US debate over whether to accept a large number of Syrian refugees or not boils down to a question of values. The text's authors contend that shutting out thos...

Jan 2016

China and Russia: The Partnership Deepens

June Teufel Dreyer

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This commentary examines the ways in which China and Russia strengthened their relationship in 2015 and prognosticates on how their relationship might evolve this year. The increased cooperation has t...

Dec 2015

The Syrian Civil War and its Consequences for Hezbollah

Benedetta Berti

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This commentary focuses on the impact the Syrian Civil War is having on Hezbollah’s military commitments, its domestic political capital, and its regional presence. Thus far, the group’s protracted mi...

Dec 2015

Russia, Hungary, and the Quest for Grandeur

John R Haines

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This paper focuses on how Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban use myths of national grandeur to support their respective political narratives. The text's author ...

Nov 2015

Religion and Secularism in the Middle East: A Primer

Aaron Rock-Singer

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

How have religion and secularism shaped people's identities in the Middle East? This text’s answer highlights 1) Islam’s role in molding the pre-modern political identity of the region; 2) the alterat...

Oct 2015

Why Canada Went Back to the Future

David T Jones

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This note discusses the results of Canada's October 2015 National election which saw the Liberal Party win leadership. In particular, the author examines 1) the campaigning which led up to the electio...

Oct 2015

Shameful and Senseless: Europe Struggles with a Refugee Crisis

John R Haines

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This Note focuses on two aspects of Europe’s migration crisis – 1) the EU's response to the influx of migrants using the so-called Western Balkan route, and 2) how the influx of asylum-seekers from Sy...

Oct 2015

Russian Propaganda, Disinformation, and Estonia's Experience

Viljar Veebel

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

Viljar Veebel believes there’s a lot to learn from the information warfare Russia has conducted against Estonia and Ukraine. Indeed, a smart defender these days should be ready to 1) counter spurious propaganda with alternative sources of balanced information, 2) cooperate more fully with EU members, etc.

Oct 2015

Putin, Obama, and the Middle East

Adam Garfinkle

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This paper discusses the strategic foreign policy approaches taken towards the Middle East by the Russian government under President Vladimir Putin and by the US Obama administration. In particular, t...

Oct 2015

Post-Colonial States and the Struggle for Identity in the Middle East since World War Two

Samuel Helfont

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This paper explores the term "post-colonial" and its relationship to states that gained their independence from imperial powers after World War II. The text's author additionally examines 1) the debat...

Sep 2015

The Best FPRI Essays on National Security 2005 - 2015

Walter McDougall, Colin Dueck, Mackubin Thomas Owens, Hal Brands, Dov S Zakheim, Frank G Hoffman, Felix K Chang, Michael P Noonan, Dominic Tierney, Leonard Wong, Sam Tangredi, Keith M Miles, Garret Jones, Paul Bracken, Thomas A Schweich, Rens Lee, John A Nagl, Robert Killebrew, Anna Simons, Michael Horowitz, Adam Garfinkle, Clint Watts, David J Betz, Michael J Boyle, Paul J Springer, Elbridge A Colby, Jakub Grygiel, James Kraska, David Danelo, Ryan Neuhard, Michael Hayden

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

The title of this e-book says it all. It’s a collection of 62 national security-centered articles written for FPRI between 2005-2015. The texts, depending on their content, are clustered around 14 bro...

Sep 2015

Washington Contemplates the Chinese Military

June Teufel Dreyer

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This commentary looks at China's military modernization and the effect it could have on the ability of the US to project power in the Asia Pacific. The author also provides examples of how the US has ...

Sep 2015

Understanding Why People Flock to the Islamic State

Ty Joplin

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

This commentary discusses possible reasons why people join the so-called Islamic State (IS). The author looks at various theories such as social movement theory, which takes on terrorism from an organ...