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The Political Economy of Oil Income in Iran
May 3, 2014 8 min. read

Editor’s Note: The following is a contributing guest piece. Saeed Ghasseminejad is the cofounder of the Iranian Liberal students and Graduates (ILSG) and the International Center for Liberalism Studies (ICLS). His work on economy and politics of Iran and the Middle East and has been published in CNBC, The Weekly Standard, National Post, International Business […]

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Superpower Status, Deficits, and a Cup o’ Joe
February 25, 2013 11 min. read

Since in the summer of 2010, Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at that time, has argued that the national debt constitutes “the most significant threat to our national security.” As he elaborated, it became clear that his real concern was the strength of the U.S. economy, the basis for […]

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A Candid Discussion with Lloyd J. Dumas
March 15, 2012 12 min. read

Dr. Lloyd Jeff Dumas is a Professor of Political Economy, Economics, and Public Policy in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the UT-Dallas. Dr. Dumas sat down with Reza Akhlaghi, Senior Writer at FPA, to discuss his new book, “The Peacekeeping Economy: Using Economic Relationships to Build a More Peaceful, Prosperous, and Secure […]

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New Threats, New Challenges: Where Does Europe Fit In?
July 28, 2011 4 min. read

Currently reading about the question of European security for my dissertation, I came across a very insightful book – in French – entitled Un Monde sans Europe? (A world without Europe?). The manuscript’s research question is very simple: what are the challenges, and possible opportunities, for France and Europe in this transforming world? In order […]

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The Great Crash 1929
September 3, 2010 5 min. read

As I’ve written before, it is widely acknowledged that the economic health of the United States is a major national security concern.  For one, last year Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence declared that the economic crisis had become the U.S.’s “primary near-term security concern.”  I decided to read John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash […]

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