Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Lipman contrasts the the strength of political involvement in Ukraine to nearly apathetic Russian citizens and Putin's semi-authoritarian rule. She also addresses Putin's miscalculation of the outcome of the Ukrainian elections, and its implications for Russia.
Ashley J. Tellis explains how the United States can push Pakistan in the direction of democratic reform while maintaining cooperation in the war on terrorism.
A book launch with Andrew Jack.
The new inflections in China’s grand strategy suggest a deliberate effort to convey a kinder, gentler face abroad even as Beijing works to expand the opportunities for increasing its great power capabilities and status. However, success here is by no means foreordained. China may seek to avoid exacerbating regional security dilemmas, but its concomitant preparations to deal with potential separatism, territorial disputes, problems of tenuous energy supplies, and the quest for great power capabilities compel it to develop military capabilities that will cause concern in regional capitals and in Washington. The end result may be an outcome that China neither desires nor can prevent.
The liberal hawks firmly believed that the Iraq war was both a humanitarian intervention and an important front in the "war on terrorism," even if they made no secret of their distrust of the Administration waging it. Bizarrely, the liberal hawks continue to advance their approach as a radical Democratic alternative to Republican policies.