Good to Know: The offense-defense balance Stacie Goddard - August 20, 2024 The technology and tactics behind Ukraine's August 2024 offensive into Russian territory.
What political scientists know about occupation, applied to Gaza Elizabeth N. Saunders, Diana Greenwald, Dana El Kurd, David Edelstein, and Alexander Downes - October 24, 2023 Experts on the politics of foreign occupations tackle big questions in this week’s Good Chat.
Afghanistan’s security forces unraveled this month. What broke their seven-year stalemate with the Taliban? Yuri Zhukov and Stephen Biddle - August 31, 2021 The dynamics behind this kind of collapse are more common than you might think
After terrorist attack in Kashmir, will India seek vengeance or de-escalation? Christopher Clary - February 25, 2019 Let’s examine Modi’s rhetoric for clues.
President Trump, keep in mind that Russia and the West think about negotiations very, very differently Kimberly Marten - July 25, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61383" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russia rarely makes the first move
Trump’s new national security adviser disagrees a lot with … Trump Sean Braniff - February 22, 2017 After his national security adviser was forced to resign and
The DNC email hack didn’t tell us much. Here’s why cyberattacks have limited punch. Brandon Valeriano - July 27, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44610" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Cyberattacks are growing more frequent. What's
Robert Kaplan, Nationalism, and Confusion (Guest Post by Paul Staniland) Paul Staniland - August 17, 2011 Robert Kaplan has written a fascinating big-picture piece on the
What is Politics? More Thoughts on Matt Bai John Sides - May 13, 2009 A couple months ago, Henry linked to this passage from