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Title Author Date
Fixing Border Security and Immigration: A Memo to President-elect Obama Jena Baker McNeill Dec. 30, 2008
And then there’s the rest of the world… Paul Kennedy Dec. 30, 2008
How to End the War on Terror James Ottavio Castagnera Dec. 05, 2008
Military Action May Sometimes Be Moral and Constitutional, But Not Smart Ivan Eland Nov. 26, 2008
The Iraq War: Progress in the Fighting and Security Anthony Cordesman Nov. 26, 2008
The Global Hunger Challenge James Ingram Nov. 18, 2008
Down Independence Road Tom Nairn Nov. 05, 2008
Into Africa Roger Donnelly, ABC Radio National Oct. 28, 2008
Creeping Sharia on College Campuses? Jim Castagnera Oct. 28, 2008
The Unintended Consequences Paul Kennedy Oct. 20, 2008
The US, Israel, the Arab States and a Nuclear Iran Anthony Cordesman Oct. 20, 2008
The Rise of the Global Imaginary and the Persistence of Ideology Manfred Steger Oct. 02, 2008
Republicans on the Left and Democrats on the Right Ivan Eland Oct. 02, 2008
How Soon is Safe? Adam Mausner Sep. 23, 2008
Saudi Arabian Generosity: A Penance or a Payment? Jim Castagnera Sep. 23, 2008
Anthrax Saga of 2001 Comes to Closure, Maybe  Jim Castagnera Sep. 10, 2008
Civil war – what’s in a name David Armitage Sep. 10, 2008
The Georgia War and the Century of "Real Power" Anthony Cordesman Aug. 26, 2008
Playing the Great Game in Central Asia  Jim Castagnera  Aug. 26, 2008
Rising food and oil prices : an environmentalist’s nightmare Paul Kennedy Jul. 24, 2008
Australian uranium for a nuclear India? Leslie Kemeny Jul. 24, 2008
My Kind of College Professors: Anthropologists Put Their Boots on the Ground in the War on Terror James Ottavio Castagnera Jul. 15, 2008
Time to Pay Some Attention to Latin America Jim Castagnera Jul. 15, 2008
Who won the Cold War? Joseph Siracusa Jul. 10, 2008
Are We Winning the War on Terror? Max Boot Jul. 10, 2008
Conventional Armed Forces in the Gulf Anthony Cordesman Jun. 25, 2008
Supreme Ignorance: America’s Highest Court Disregards the Law of Land Warfare Timothy R. Furnish Jun. 25, 2008
US/IRAN/IRAQ: Is Tehran 'winning' the fight for Iraq? Oxford Analytica Jun. 05, 2008
Al-nakba Bassam Dally May 20, 2008
Gates's Hope to Reform the Pentagon Is Barking at the Moon Ivan Eland May 20, 2008
US/INTERNATIONAL: Can talks with Islamists be useful? Oxford Analytica May 16, 2008
Petraeus Hearing Should Focus on Three Fronts, One Long War James Carafano May 08, 2008
A Poisoned Chalice? The Crisis in National Security Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Anthony Cordesman May 08, 2008
The Ongoing Lessons of the Afghan and Iraq Wars Anthony Cordesman Apr. 24, 2008
MIDDLE EAST: Nuclear plans pose proliferation risk Oxford Analytica Apr. 24, 2008
The Failed Crocker-Petraeus Testimony and a "Conditions-Based" Strategy for Staying in Iraq Anthony H. Cordesman Apr. 23, 2008
The Australian Defence Debate Jeffrey Grey Apr. 17, 2008
Principles for Stability Operations and State-Building James Carafano Apr. 04, 2008
PAKISTAN: Militants focus on 'pro-Western' forces Oxford Analytica Apr. 04, 2008
NATO: Alliance cohesion and future is at risk Oxford Analytica Apr. 04, 2008
The Iraq War After Five Years: The Surge, Current Status, and Military Lessons Anthony Cordesman Mar. 24, 2008
Migration Myths and Facts Max Boot Mar. 14, 2008
The Death of Suharto Robert Elson Mar. 11, 2008
What Space Arms Race? John B. Sheldon Mar. 11, 2008
Climate Change Scenarios and Great Power Politics Richard Weitz Mar. 11, 2008
Genuine Power Sharing Seth Kaplan Feb. 28, 2008
INTERNATIONAL: Agency problems wrack terrorist groups Oxford Analytica Feb. 27, 2008
It's Not About Iran Shibley Telhami Feb. 22, 2008
The Evolving Security Situation in Iraq: The Continuing Need for Strategic Patience Anthony Cordesman Feb. 22, 2008
The Situation in Iraq: A Briefing from the Battlefield Anthony Cordesman Feb. 22, 2008
The Afghan-Pakistan War: Threat Developments Anthony Cordesman Feb. 22, 2008
South Korea's Leader Tries to Turn His Back on History Alexis Dudden Feb. 01, 2008
ALGERIA: Al-Qaida to target state and foreign presence  Oxford Analytica Jan. 16, 2008
Homeland Security: Five New Year's Resolutions for Congress James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. Jan. 10, 2008
The Solution to the Kosovo Problem Ivan Eland Jan. 10, 2008
The Security Impact of the Bhutto Assassination Anthony Cordesman Jan. 10, 2008
PROSPECTS 2008: Darfur insecurity threatens neighbours Oxford Analytica Jan. 07, 2008
INTERNATIONAL: Hizb ut-Tahrir channels disaffection Oxford Analytica Jan. 07, 2008
US/AFRICA: Ward will be key factor in shaping AFRICOM Oxford Analytica Jan. 06, 2008
Benazir Bhutto Max Boot Jan. 03, 2008
The Gulf States and Iran Max Boot Dec. 18, 2007
The Milosevic Trial Dr. Gideon Boas Dec. 18, 2007
PAKISTAN: Corps is ill-equipped for 'war on terror' Oxford Analytica Dec. 11, 2007
Responding to Bioterrorism: Are We On Course? Al Mauroni Dec. 08, 2007
What now for Burma? Dr. Myint Cho Dec. 08, 2007
It is in Poland’s interest to be an ally of America Max Boot Dec. 08, 2007
Our Bases in Europe Max Boot Nov. 21, 2007
The Australian Drought Transcript - Leslie Kemeny Nov. 16, 2007
Asylum Seekers and Anti-terrorist Laws Julian Burnside Nov. 16, 2007
U.S. Role in Bringing Pakistan to the Abyss Ivan Eland Nov. 15, 2007
This Won’t Be The Iraq Election Fareed Zakaria Nov. 08, 2007
YEMEN: Al-Qaida threat adds to regime's problems Oxford Analytica Nov. 05, 2007
UNITED STATES: Naval plans look beyond Iraq, to China Oxford Analytica Nov. 05, 2007
CENTRAL AMERICA: Southern border is crime hot spot Oxford Analytica Nov. 05, 2007
UNITED KINGDOM: Causes of UK terrorism are complex Oxford Analytica Nov. 01, 2007
TURKEY/US:Northern Iraq incursion risks crisis in ties Oxford Analytica Oct. 23, 2007
United States Has Double Standard at Home and Abroad Ivan Eland Oct. 19, 2007
Iraq Is Already Partitioned: Here’s How to Make it Work Ivan Eland Oct. 18, 2007
Strategic Communication Richard Halloran Oct. 15, 2007
Sudan: Darfur Dynamics Oxford Analytica Oct. 10, 2007
China's Burma Test Steve Tsang Oct. 06, 2007
Accept the Blackwater mercenaries Max Boot Oct. 03, 2007
The Challenge of Genocide in World History Joe Docker Sep. 21, 2007
Here’s why the US might not attack Iran Andrew Exum Sep. 21, 2007
Towards the Light A.C. Grayling Sep. 21, 2007
Women Needed In Combat Units Erin Solaro Sep. 21, 2007
On War Hew Strachan Sep. 21, 2007
Australia's Forgotten Prisoners Christina Twomey Sep. 19, 2007
Alden Pyle Calling Greg Lockhart Sep. 19, 2007
IRAQ – A False Choice Dr Adam Cobb Sep. 13, 2007
Maroons Rush In: Criticism of the president's Vietnam analogy takes Chutzpah Mackubin Thomas Owens Aug. 24, 2007
History and the Holocaust Matt A. Mayer Aug. 23, 2007
Worried About Putin's Russia? Read On  Paul Kennedy Aug. 23, 2007
Government Blunders Create More Demand for Its Services  Ivan Eland Aug. 23, 2007
Did We Miss the Lesson of Nagasaki? William D. Hartung  Aug. 13, 2007
Crocker vs Petraeus Marc Lynch Aug. 10, 2007
The Cult of Petraeus Jeff Huber Aug. 07, 2007
The Tenuous Case for Strategic Patience in Iraq Anthony H. Cordesman Aug. 06, 2007
Radicalisation Threat in India Oxford Analytica Aug. 03, 2007
No Middle Ground in Iraq Bing West Jul. 31, 2007
Iraq Solution: Try Gerrymandering  Ivan Eland Jul. 31, 2007
Henry Kissinger's Lessons for George W. Bush Jeremi Suri  Jul. 30, 2007
Somalia: Reconciliation Conference Oxford Analytica Jul. 25, 2007
Why We Should Expect Insurgents to Use Petraeus's September Report to Launch a 'Tet Offensive' D. M. Giangreco Jul. 23, 2007
Darfur Dynamics Oxford Analytica Jul. 17, 2007
David versus Goliath: South Africa Attempts to Level the Global Playing Field Peter Fabricius Jul. 16, 2007
Benchmarks in Iraq: The True Status Anthony H. Cordesman Jul. 13, 2007
The American 'Decline' Debate--Once More Paul Kennedy Jul. 11, 2007
Terrorism Threat in Australia Oxford Analytica Jul. 11, 2007
Iraq and Anbar: Surge or Separation? Anthony H. Cordesman Jun. 29, 2007
Succession issues in North Korea Oxford Analytica Jun. 21, 2007
Accept Reality: Iran and North Korea Will Not Be Denied Nuclear Weapons  Ivan Eland Jun. 18, 2007
International approaches to Somalia Oxford Analytica Jun. 10, 2007
Taliban tactics Oxford Analytica Jun. 10, 2007
Howard's End: Australia's prime minister no longer connects with voters  Max Boot Jun. 04, 2007
Beyond Terrorism: Expanding Business Security to include All-Hazards W. Timothy Coombs Jun. 04, 2007
Iran Fears “Colour Revolution” Oxford Analytica Jun. 03, 2007
Risks of Palestinian Collapse Oxford Analytica Jun. 03, 2007
Federalism Necessitates That Congress Put the Brakes on Passing the Proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation Matt A. Mayer Jun. 02, 2007
Legal Policy for a Twilight War Philip Zelikow  Jun. 02, 2007
Fighting terrorism Oxford Analytica Jun. 01, 2007
Exit From Iraq Should Be Through Iran: Linking forces with Iran could minimize the costs of withdrawal from Iraq William E. Odom Jun. 01, 2007
Somalia: Resistance to TFG deepens and diversifies Oxford Analytica May 31, 2007
The Iraq Study Group Report Absurdity and Iran Anthony H. Cordesman May 30, 2007
The Doctor Is In (Yet Again): Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Latest Communiqué Timothy R. Furnish May 30, 2007
Embassies for sale Paul Kennedy May 29, 2007
Iran’s strategic relations in Afghanistan Oxford Analytica May 26, 2007
Clan power in Central Asia Oxford Analytica May 26, 2007
Surging Ahead in Iraq Max Boot May 21, 2007
Paul Wolfowitz, Dealing with Islamic Militants, and Alleviating Third World Poverty  Lewis D. Solomon May 21, 2007
Politicians Must Ensure the Temporary Worker Program Has an Enforceable Exit  Matt A. Mayer May 17, 2007
Post-transition justice in West Africa  Oxford Analytica May 11, 2007
Militants and tribal areas in Pakistan Oxford Analytica May 11, 2007
Developing U.S. Global Energy Strategy Ariel Cohen May 01, 2007
Forensic Ethology: A new way to study aggression Donald G. Dutton May 01, 2007
Kosovo Scenarios  Oxford Analytica Apr. 20, 2007
Russia and the United States: Mutual recriminations  Oxford Analytica Apr. 20, 2007
A New Empire of the Mahdi? Libyan and Iranian Pan-Islamic Agendas Timothy R. Furnish Apr. 08, 2007
The Mysterious Deaths of Russia’s Journalists Richard Weitz Apr. 08, 2007
Algeria/Maghreb: Terrorist Threat Oxford Analytica Apr. 01, 2007
Paramilitary Influence: Iran Oxford Analytica Apr. 01, 2007
Just Who Must ‘Stay the Course’? Paul Kennedy Mar. 26, 2007
The Blame Game in Iraq Daniel M. Gerstein Mar. 26, 2007
Improving Sino-Russian Relations Oxford Analytica Mar. 25, 2007
Darfur Outlook Oxford Analytica Mar. 25, 2007
Counter-Insurgency: A Bibliographic Essay Daniel P. Marston Mar. 23, 2007
The Chemical Weapons Convention – Ten Years Later Albert J. Mauroni Mar. 23, 2007
India: Religious Tension Oxford Analytica Mar. 22, 2007
Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Oxford Analytica Mar. 22, 2007
Russia Neo-Realist Foreign Policy Ariel Cohen Mar. 19, 2007
Countering Islamic Terrorism in U.S. Prisons Richard Weitz Mar. 15, 2007
Hugo Chavez and Adam Smith: A Study in Contrasts Paul Kennedy Mar. 05, 2007
Chad/CAR/Sudan Security Oxford Analytica Mar. 01, 2007
Uganda: LRA talks outlook Oxford Analytica Mar. 01, 2007
Send More Troops to Baghdad? Anthony James Joes Feb. 28, 2007
Changing Muslim Perceptions Oxford Analytica Feb. 27, 2007
Afghanistan: Dangerous Divide Oxford Analytica Feb. 27, 2007
Salvaging Iraq Nathaniel Fick Feb. 12, 2007
The Washington Foreign Policy Debate Daniel M. Gerstein Feb. 07, 2007
JAPAN'S NUCLEAR OPTIONS Richard Weitz Jan. 24, 2007
U.S. Interests in Central Asia in the Era of Instability Ariel Cohen Jan. 04, 2007
War on terror Oxford Analytica Jan. 03, 2007
Balkans: Prospects for 2007 Oxford Analytica Jan. 03, 2007
Horn of Africa: Forecast for 2007 Oxford Analytica Jan. 03, 2007
Strategy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow  Colin S. Gray Jan. 02, 2007
Ignorance May Be Bliss, but It Makes for Bad Policy: Analysis of the Iraq Study Group Report  Timothy R. Furnish Jan. 02, 2007
Online Jihad  Oxford Analytica Dec. 04, 2006
Turkey: Military/AKP strains  Oxford Analytica Dec. 04, 2006
Iran's Military Exercises  Neda Bolourchi Nov. 30, 2006
Connecting the Dots: Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda Involvement in Terrorism Prior to 9/11  Joshua L. Gleis Nov. 30, 2006
Tactics to Curb Nuclear Arms Backfire on Bush  Aaron Lim and Robert G. Patman  Nov. 30, 2006
Transformation’s Uncontested Truths  Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II  Nov. 28, 2006
Warfare in the 21st Century  Richard Cobbold Nov. 20, 2006
Latin America’s Pink Tide—The Challenge for U.S. Foreign Policy  Ron Chepesiuk Nov. 19, 2006
West Africa: Drugs Trafficking  Oxford Analytica Nov. 16, 2006
Reforming the Indonesian Military  John B. Haseman Nov. 08, 2006
Airpower Realities  Everett Carl Dolman Nov. 08, 2006
Countering Nuclear Terrorism and Proliferation  Richard Weitz Nov. 08, 2006
Chinese-Russian Security Ties: A Challenge to the United States?  Richard Weitz Nov. 08, 2006
How to Cut and Run  William E. Odom Nov. 01, 2006
Latin America/US: Chequered Past  Oxford Analytica Oct. 30, 2006
Somalia: SICS as Taliban?  Oxford Analytica Oct. 26, 2006
Appeasement, For or Against  Paul Kennedy Oct. 20, 2006
Iran-Turkey-Israel: Kurdistan competition  Oxford Analytica Oct. 17, 2006
North Korea’s Nuclear Test: Cause, Implications and Prospects  Uk Heo Oct. 13, 2006
Columbia: Paramilitary Demobilisation  Oxford Analytica Oct. 10, 2006
U.S./Africa: New “African Command”?  Oxford Analytica Sep. 27, 2006
Private military industry  Oxford Analytica Sep. 27, 2006
National Security, Party Politics, and the Presidential Election of 2008  Kenneth Kitts Sep. 27, 2006
Romania: Divided government  Oxford Analytica Sep. 27, 2006
Turkey/Iraq: PKK pressures  Oxford Analytica Sep. 27, 2006
Lessons of the Hezbollah War  Ariel Cohen Sep. 27, 2006
Reflection in Lebanon, Israel, but not in U.S.  Shibley Telhami Sep. 03, 2006
Preliminary “Lessons” of the Israeli-Hezbollah War  Anthony H. Cordesman Aug. 17, 2006
Airlines Under Threat From Muslim Extremists  Rodney Wallis Aug. 15, 2006
Iran’s Changing Fortunes  Neda Bolourchi Aug. 15, 2006
“Trust Allah, Not Nasrallah”: The Hizballah Crisis Reshapes Lebanese Politics  Robert Rabil Aug. 09, 2006
America after 9/11  Chris E. Stout Aug. 09, 2006
North Korea’s Evolving Motives and Appropriate Responses  Edward A. Olsen Jul. 27, 2006
Russia: Basayev’s Killing  Oxford Analytica Jul. 27, 2006
Bosnia: Western Withdrawal  Oxford Analytica Jul. 12, 2006
Middle East: Ismail Haniyeh  Oxford Analytica Jul. 06, 2006
Russia: Bigger Military Budget  Oxford Analytica Jul. 06, 2006
The Revolt of the Generals  Erin Solaro Jul. 06, 2006
Somalia: Islamic Courts Ascendant  Oxford Analytica Jul. 06, 2006
U.S./Germany: Electronic Counterintelligence  Oxford Analytica Jul. 06, 2006
Intelligence Collection and the Law  Loch K. Johnson Jul. 04, 2006
Kashmir  Ewan W. Anderson Jun. 28, 2006
The States of Central Asia  Eugene B. Rumer Jun. 28, 2006
The Changing Face of Terror  Rodney Wallis Jun. 28, 2006
Zarqawi’s Death: Temporary “Victory” or Lasting Impact  Anthony H. Cordesman Jun. 23, 2006
Forensic Science in the Prosecution of Genocide  Melissa A. Connor Jun. 16, 2006
Sudan: Darfur Peace Process  Oxford Analytica Jun. 07, 2006
When Iraq Abuses Fail to Shock  Shibley Telhami Jun. 02, 2006
Iran: Nuclear Weapons Timetable  Oxford Analytica May 26, 2006
Venezuela: Foreign Policy Focus  Oxford Analytica May 26, 2006
Al-Qaeda’s Constructivist Turn  Marc Lynch May 05, 2006
Foreign Investment and Port Security  Jim Miskel May 05, 2006
An Introductory Bibliographic Essay on Intelligence Studies Literature  Loch K. Johnson Apr. 19, 2006
The War in Afghanistan  Sean M. Maloney Apr. 03, 2006
Time to Refocus on the North Korean Problem: An Australian Perspective  Robert O’Neill Apr. 01, 2006
Bibliographic Essay—NATO  Lawrence S. Kaplan Apr. 01, 2006
Learning Counterinsurgency: An Annotated Bibliography  John A. Nagl Apr. 01, 2006
Future of U.S.-German Security Relations Michael G. Hanpeter Mar. 31, 2006
Integrating the Armed Forces  Alan L. Gropman Mar. 01, 2006
Understanding Terrorism: An Abbreviated Bibliography  James J. Forest Mar. 01, 2006
John Howard, 9/11, and the Search for Australian Security  Joseph M. Siricusa Mar. 01, 2006
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