60 Words And A War Without End: The Untold Story Of The Most Dangerous Sentence In U.S. History
Buzzfeed
By Gregory D. Johnsen
Just three days after 9/11, the U.S. Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force, a document authorizing the president to take necessary action against these attackers. Twelve years later, it is still as active as ever. Johnsen’s account of how the balance of power has shifted from the legislative branch to the executive branch is truly a must read.
President Obama’s NSA reforms show both promise and peril
The Verge
Verge Staff
The Verge clearly breaks down this Friday’s speech by addressing NSA reforms and compares it against the reforms proposed by an independent review panel last year.
The hunt for Mukhtar Ablyazov: Banker, criminal, fugitive, victim?
Euromoney
By Eliot Wilson
The former head of the BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov would like to think he is Kazakhstan’s very own Khodorkvosky, a victim of unjust political persecution. Eliot Wilson tells the dramatic story of how this post-Soviet oligarch may actually have come much closer to emulating America’s very own Bernie Madoff.
The Odd Sheikh Out: A Complex Problem
War On The Rocks
By Adam Elkus
Exploring a fictional scenario, Adam Elkus draws real life lessons about the roles of uncertainty, difficulty and complexity as social problems in the conduct of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Inside the Incredible Booming Subterranean Marijuana Railroad
GQ
By Jason Kersten
Jason Kersten reports on the rapidly growing underground tunnels pumping tons of marijuana across the Mexican border into the United States.
Blogs:
A Candid Discussion with Kamran Bokhari of Stratfor by Reza Akhlaghi
Mao Revisited by Gary Sands
Data Driven: Global Cancer Control Through Understanding and Partnership by Elyse Lichtenthal
Sderot Media Center: “Gaza must be taken under consideration in the peace talks” by Rachel Avraham
Oil companies real beneficiaries of forthcoming extension of Canadian highway to Arctic Ocean by Mia Bennett
Edited by G. John Ikenberry. Proposed Essay Topics 1) American Foreign Policy and the Future of Multilateralism Over the postwar decades, the United States played a leadership role in building multilateral regimes and institutions across a wide range of policy areas. It was a founder of the United Nations and champion of the Bretton Woods […]
U.S.–China Relations: Competition or Cooperation? The U.S. and China stand at the center of today’s most consequential global relationship—one that shapes trade, technology, security, and the future of international leadership.Great Decisions: U.S.–China Relations, a free classroom resource from the Foreign Policy Association, helps students explore the history, tensions, and interdependence between these two nations through […]
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