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To Pardon or Not to Pardon: The New Snowden Debate
October 24, 2016 12 min. read

Proposals to pardon Edward Snowden before the end of the Obama administration have revived the debate over his actions and their consequences.

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Is Obama’s Syria Policy Defensible?
October 18, 2016 6 min. read

Has Obama has been taking the “least bad” course on Syria? Reflecting on the last two decades of U.S. foreign policy interventions, the answer is yes.

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Clinton and Why the State Department Doesn’t Follow Its Own Rules (Pt II)
September 29, 2016 10 min. read

Diplomacy today is mobile, continuous, and often time-urgent. The technology, on the other hand, is stationary and only intermittently available.

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Clinton and Why the State Department Doesn’t Follow Its Own Rules (Pt I)
September 28, 2016 12 min. read

The tension between diplomacy and security within the State Department, and mismatched technology, are the real issues in the Clinton e-mail affair.

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“Preserving” Primacy is Both Delusional and Self-destructive
September 27, 2016 5 min. read

Global economic interdependency and states’ pursuit of self-interest in today’s multi-polar world combine to undermine U.S. efforts at primacy.

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Social Media Now on Conflicts’ Front Lines
September 19, 2016 4 min. read

Social media is now on the front lines of many international conflicts with clicks and ‘follows’ being the new version of voting with your feet.

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Taking Advantage of Foreign Policy
August 20, 2016 3 min. read

In the eyes of Russia, Iran, American allies and many Americans themselves, the United States is no longer guiding foreign policy in the Middle East.

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Trump’s Bad Foreign Policy Prescription
August 19, 2016 4 min. read

Trump’s over-simplistic diagnosis of the threat to America specifically, and the world in general, is off the mark, and so is his prescription.

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On Shifting Ground: A New Documentary on Nepal Earthquake Relief
August 16, 2016 3 min. read

On Shifting Ground tells the story of collaboration among six Hilton Prize-winning international NGOs and a range of local organizations after the 2015 Nepal earthquake.

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Alliances and American Values
August 4, 2016 5 min. read

Trump is not alone in complaining about alliances. Others, for various reasons, dislike our relationship with Saudi Arabia or arrangements with Pakistan.

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Obama’s Post-Presidential Foreign Policy
June 13, 2016 6 min. read

In an April 2015 Gallup poll, President Obama’s administration won the highest approval rating of any world leader among non-U.S. citizens.

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Beijing-by-the-Bay: China’s Hidden Influence in San Francisco
June 9, 2016 6 min. read

The China Overseas Exchange Association poses as an NGO while acting in fact as an overseas propaganda agency of the Chinese government and the Party.

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