Archive ► 2023 Dr. Policymaker or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Question “Market Irrationality” To Centralize or Not to Centralize? For Defense Budgeting, that is the (Unwritten) Question Zambia: A Beacon of Democracy in Africa Raids, Rockets, and Riots: The Accelerating Cycle of Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Climate Change and Boots on the Ground: A New Frontier for Humanitarian Intervention? PeaceBot: ChatGPT’s Role in Conflict Prevention & Resolution The United States Rights a Wrong with Critical Minerals Agreements Can Office Work Destroy the Taliban? GSSR Interview: Under Secretary of the Army Hon. Gabe Camarillo T-minus 6 Seconds: Starship (and Humanity’s) Next Major Step Into Space China, Too, Is Gearing Up for Tech Competition Security at the Expense of Human Rights: The Case of El Salvador’s “Megacárcel” Analyzing the Entrenchment of Beijing’s Digital Influence in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Globalized Crises: The War in Ukraine and COVID-19’s Impact on Al-Shabaab Recruitment NATO Needs a Unified Arctic Command Why Russia’s Hypersonics Matter Data’s Wild West: How Unregulated Access and Advanced Processing Threaten Personal Privacy Icarus in the Kremlin: The Fading Political Power of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group The Dragon, the Elephant, and the Jaguar Both Wanted to Tame Funding Tomorrow’s Terrorists and Criminals: Cryptocurrency’s Impact on the World Stage Venezuela Sanctions: The U.S. Needs to Change its Goals Blame Governments, Not the Environment: How Political Failures Worsen the Effects of Climate Change in West Africa Will the EU Show Resolve or Indecision? From ChatGPT to Chat CCP: The Future of Generative AI Models in China The Case for a Nuclear South Korea What are we doing in Ukraine? How Will Automation Change Ground Warfare? America’s Fading Sense of Reality Reparations and Realpolitik: Lessons from Italy and Libya On Russian Disinformation: The Answers Are Already in Front of Us GSSR Volume 10, Issue 2 Available for Download Feeding the Hungry with Feminist Theory The Geopolitics of Nuclear Fusion The Future of The Indo-Pacific Through the Lens of Demographics► 2022 The Office of Strategic Capital and the DoD Acquisition System Should Embrace the Principles of ‘Lean Startup’ to Maintain the US Military’s Technological Edge All Eyes on Qatar: The Ethical Dilemma of Holding International Events in Countries with Poor Human Rights Records PRC’s Renewed Soft Power Strategy and U.S. Global Health Security Efforts in Latin America The Return of Great-Power Hubris No, Taiwan’s “Blue Wave” Is Not an Endorsement of Reunification Balancing Peace and Justice in the Colombian “Total Peace” The Empress of ISIS Complexity Demands Adaptation: Two Proposals for Facilitating Better Debate in International Relations and Conflict Research Merci Beaucoup: How Terrorist Organizations Will Benefit from the Recent Military Coup in Burkina Faso Economic Crisis Threatens European Union Solidarity Managing Crises in the Information Age: Escalation Dynamics in the Russo-Ukrainian War Expert Panel Report: Taiwan and the Future of U.S. Defense Strategy in Asia The U.S. Approach to African Food Security Needs a New Look The Road to Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Re-examining Russia’s Theory of Victory and Prospects for Deterrence What Russia’s Weaponization of Hunger Can Tell Us About the Power of Shame Why We Should Pay More Attention to LGBTQ+ Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa Maritime piracy is on the decline… Can it stay that way? Combating the Gray Zone: Enhancing America’s Arctic Force Posture Colombia’s New President Is Right: The U.S. Can End The War On Drugs By Changing The Focus Of Its Counternarcotics Strategy Anti-Asian Racism: A Hurdle for American Tech Innovation Space Force & The Limits of “Semper Supra” Is Europe Ready for the Next Wave of Climate Migration? Diminishing Returns: Russia’s Waning Sphere of Influence Amid the Russo-Ukrainian War War in Ukraine Leaves U.S. Scrambling to Replenish Arsenal, and European Allies May Offer No Solution A Lie will Travel Faster: Election Disinformation and the Threat to Democracies The Problem with America’s Africa Strategy: What is Wrong and How to Fix It Health on the (Red) Line: Refocusing on Malaria in the Discourse of Climate Change Reversing strategic neglect: The US-Pacific Islands Country Summit Advancing a Feminist Approach to National Security China’s Dismissal of #MeToo as a Tool of Western Influence Harms Women The Use of Drones in the Russia-Ukraine War Preserving Legitimacy Through Transition: Lessons from the Republic of Yemen The State of Russia’s Influence in the Western Hemisphere Post-Ukraine Fractured Authorities Equal Shattered Satellites: Reforming Space Traffic Management Empowering the Early Commission Program GSSR Volume 10, Issue 1 Available for Download The Correlation Between Terrorism and U.S. Embassy Security Funding Is it time for the UN to help Malians talk to JNIM? What Does Bongbong Marcos’ Win Mean for the United States in Southeast Asia? Environmental Warfare in Ukraine: Should We Prosecute Eco-Crimes Like War Crimes? The Revival of Strategic Competition in West Africa: Western Intransigence and Eastern Assertiveness “Bongbong” and China The Rising Dilemma Taking My Dream to the Grave: Afghan Women Under Taliban Rule Climate Change: A Dynamic Threat Our Democratic Disadvantage in Space: NIMYBYism and Red Tape Lest We Ever Forget Will Japan and Russia Ever Be at Peace? SSP Event: Ukraine, the U.S., and the Future of Air Warfare Reclaiming Agency: The Problem with Prescriptive Realism From Nordic to NATO: How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine May Affect Sweden and Finland GSSR Volume 9, Issue 2 Available for Download Democracy in Danger: How AI-Enhanced Disinformation is Threatening Democracy Ukraine Is Not the Leadership Case Study You Think It Is The Ukraine-Russia War: An Uncertain Future for Indian Defense Modernization The Resource Curse, Colonialism, and The Hypocrisy of Western “Climate Leadership” Blowback: Deterrence Lessons from 1941 Incongruence and Strategic Adaptation A New Russian Strategic Calculus? Analyzing the Viability of JCPOA Negotiations Putin’s Hitmen: How Mercenaries Serve the Kremlin at the Expense of Stability Democracy, Race, and Ukraine The Impact of Women’s Involvement in Foreign Policy and Peace Agreements How Will the Russia-Ukraine War Affect the Stability of Egypt? The Mystique of the Female Soldier: Portrayals of Ukrainian Women in Western Media Why Putin Pulled the Trigger Shaping a Generation of Ukrainian Children Space Property Rights and the Future of American Space Travel How Air Pollution Acts as a Force Multiplier for Aggressive Behavior, and What Can Be Done About it We Are All Realists Now “Blinding the Elephant:” Assessing PLA Systems Confrontation and the Fight for Information Dominance The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of Intelligence with Douglas London Mounting a Defense on the Southern Theater: An Analysis of Russian Propaganda Aimed at US-Mexico Relations A Friendly Reminder that Al-Qaeda is Still Strong and Will Likely Become Even Stronger An Interview with Dr. Stanley: On Mindfulness► 2021 FSLN’s Grandeur and Decadence Turkey at the Crossroads: Shaping Strategic Balance in an Era of Complex Interdependence Georgetown Event: 2021 Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards An Unlikely Pair: The Link Between the Uyghur Genocide and 9/11 The Unintended Consequences of AUKUS in the Indo-Pacific The US does not have an Africa strategy, but China does Haitian Asylum Seekers Look for Refuge, U.S. Responds with Deportation Global Jihad: A Brief History with Dr. Glenn E. Robinson Transcending Rhetoric: The Wisdom of European “Strategic Autonomy” It’s the Politics, Stupid: US Public and Elite Opinion on Defending Taiwan SSP Event: State Fragility, Violent Conflict, and the GFA To Succeed at “Strategic Competition,” Invest in Strategic Communications Why The Biden Administration Should Take a Tougher Stance Towards Yemen Iraq’s 2021 Parliamentary Elections: A Glimmer of Hope for the End of Sectarianism Are Almonds the National Security Threat of the Moment? Boko Haram: Terrorist Endemic SSP Event: U.S. Intelligence Failures The Rise of Ransomware Women: Terrorism’s Secret Weapon The Economic Factors of al-Shabaab’s Insurgency Thunder over the Falklands: Asian Arms in Latin America The Need for a Properly Resourced Pacific Deterrence Initiative GSSR Volume 9, Issue 1 Available for Download Growth of Space and Lunar Stations: Promise Amidst Geopolitical Risk Bodies, Bullets, and Blood: How Masculinity Influences Mass Killers Enter the Generals: The Rising Influence of the Military in the Mexican State Building Resilience in the Sahel in an Era of Forced Displacement Saudi Pursuit of Soft Power Through Soccer: Saudi Arabia aims to match what UAE and Qatar have achieved Analyzing Five Alleged IRA Reddit Accounts ISIS’s Female Morality Police The U.S. Military’s Greatest Contemporary Adversary: COVID-19 Racism is Systemic in Artificial Intelligence Systems, Too The Dragon Descends Southwards: Chinese Foreign Policy in Latin America Warrants a U.S. Response Smart Devices: A Necessary Evil for Military Operations? India Modified The Role of the Media in Normalizing Women’s Political Violence Naval Warfare Studies Institute: Innovation through Collaboration NATO: Where It Has Been, and Where It Should Go A Page in the Colonial Ledger: Nigeria, Britain, and the Ghosts of Colonialism Philippines’ Anti-Terrorism Act and Deteriorating Rule of Law Does the Future of Artificial Intelligence Favor Authoritarianism? Assessing the Impact of Chinese Arms in Africa Chinese Authoritarianism Spreads as Xi Jinping Grows More Confident Muslim Militia Working for Inter-faith Peace and Harmony in Indonesia Gendering Security: Making Public Places Safe Restoring America’s position as team captain: Why international cooperation is in the nation’s best interest Nuclear Disarmament: Why Reaching for Zero Makes Sense Kautilya in the Gray Zone: How Russia has Successfully Adopted Two-Thousand Year Old Teachings European Militaries Join the U.S. in Space The New Great Game SSP Event: Security Around the World: U.S.-China Competition and the Korean Peninsula SecDef to Delhi: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Towards a Non-Nation State Sputnik V is Helping Putin Reach for the Stars China: Myanmar Is Not Libya The Biden Administration Should Stand Up to Turkish Violations of US Sanctions What’s New in the 2020 US National Space Strategy? Making The Law Work for Women Turkey’s New Joint Operational Concepts Foreshadow the Future of Armed Conflict There is No Society: Islamic Action and Activism under the Thumb of the Saudi State The Recent Rise of the Far-Right India needs Planes, Waivers, and A Little Bit of Patience Rape as a Weapon of War in Tigray The January 6 Attack Deserves A Strong and Bipartisan Congressional Response Amid Growing Instability, Elections in the Sahel Should Signal a Shift in US Security Policy What Ever Happened to Bosnia and Herzegovina? Owning the Libs: Explaining the Rise of Illiberal Populism After the End of History Dr. Fauci’s 2020 Takeaways► 2020 Why Israel-Sudan Normalization is Unlikely to Last Sandra Grady Interview Georgetown Among Universities Targeted by Iranian-Backed Hackers Trump’s Refusal to Concede Emboldens Europe’s Right-Wing Authoritarian Leaders Russia’s Latin America Foreign Policy Supports its Incursions in Ukraine Arms for Oil: How North Korea and Iran Facilitate Each Other’s Security Strategies Purge White Supremacist Extremism from the Military Has Mali Gotten Too Messy? The Case for Hope amidst Uncertainty Beware of Nagorno-Karabakh Joint Artificial Intelligence Center: An Opportunity for Transparency A Crime to Want Something Different GSSR Volume 8, Issue 2 Available for Download Biden’s Plans for NATO Strategically Reimagine the Transatlantic Relationship A Discussion on ICE Detention Centers and Forced Gynecological Procedures The First Step Towards Justice Understanding the Insurgency in Mozambique Fighting Venezuelan Corruption at Home: Money Laundering Vulnerabilities in US Real Estate Markets Climate Change and COVID-19: Threat Multipliers in the Caribbean As Unusual School Year Begins, Georgetown’s SSP Steps Up DEI Efforts The Future for Unmanned Surface Vessels in the US Navy Achieving Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea China’s Arms Diplomacy in Venezuela Affects Stability in the Western Hemisphere Lest We Forget the Uyghurs Seth Johnston Interview “Where the real fight begins:” What Would it Take to Solve Washington’s Diversity Crisis? Our Adversaries are Interfering in the 2020 U.S. Election: What Do They Want and How Can We Stop Them? The Abraham Accords: A Peace Deal in Name Only Who’s in the Room? Part II: The Case for Women’s Voices in National Security Faysal Itani Interview (10/5/20) National Security is One Thing Both Republicans and Democrats Care about. So Why Aren’t We talking about It? The Lethal Results of Police Militarization in 2020 Lying to Ourselves: Senator Johnson Shows that the Disinformation Problem Starts at Home Security Comes First: The Link Between Global Counterinsurgency and American Policing Reclaiming the Moral High Ground? Unraveling the Yemen Matrix Navalny and Nord Stream 2: Russia is not a Reliable Partner for Europe Where are the Women and Where are They Not: Why it’s Important Bringing Clarity to “Ambiguity” on Taiwan This Time is Different: Can Iraq Rein in the PMF? The Dangers of Militarizing Racist Facial Recognition Technology As Attacks Rise, is the Islamic State Tightening its Grip on the Sahel? “This Storm is What We Call Progress:” The End of the Frontier and American Empire Environmental Racism and Climate Justice: The Racialized Climate Catastrophe Police Violence in the U.S. and Israel Warrants a Closer Look Reclaiming Security: The Time Has Come for a Progressive Israeli Security Agenda The FBI Has a Racism Problem and it Hurts Our National Security Police and the People: Perspective on Police Reform Checkmating Chavismo: An Evaluation of US Sanctions Against Venezuela Who’s in the Room? Part I: The Case for a More Diverse State Department Racial Justice Requires Domestic Terrorism Laws Security for Whom? The Case for a Decolonial IR A Tale of Two Rogue States: The Iran-Venezuela Partnership Rethinking the Traditional US National Security Agenda: Part One The Argument for A Democratic Public Health Surveillance Program Security Assistance to Ukraine is Only Enhancing Kyiv’s Hard Power The Bolivarian “Popular Mobilization Forces”: Paramilitary Groups in Venezuela and the Broader Implications for Regional Security The Europe Desk Interview: Audrey Kurth Cronin on Counterterrorism and Emerging Technologies Russia’s People Problem Royal Hubris: The Hacking of Jeff Bezos and the Future of Regulating the Cyber Domain What’s Next for Brexit and the United Kingdom Amidst COVID-19? Faculty Interview with Ali Vaez The Strategic Costs of the Weakened US-ROK Exercises The Deradicalization Dilemma Russian Counterinsurgency Doctrine During The Second Chechen War 1999-2009 Coronavirus Will Stall China’s Rise The Future Direction of Hezbollah Focusing on Women in the Fight Against Narcotics in Afghanistan Discussing the Fateful Triangle GSSR Volume 8, Issue 1 Available for Download UNCLOS in the Arctic: A Treaty for Warmer Waters China’s Coming Crisis and Deliverance The Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela and Regime Security: Perspectives from the Inside-Out The Far-Right and Domestic Terrorism: Legislation’s Day in the Sun? Great Power Competition and the Transatlantic Relationship How Putin’s Government Shakeup Could Enable a Feminist Perspective to Emerge in Russia Terrorism: A Review of the Current Threat Landscape Crowded Waters: Exploring the Implications of Internationalizing Arctic Security Report: The Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement’s Perils and Potential Shifting Sands: Assessing the likelihood of a US-Iranian War Washington’s Overuse of Economic Warfare Threatens American Financial Hegemony Iran’s Approach to Deterrence► 2019 Revisit The Case for Lawful Hacking: A Path to the Going Dark Debate Climate Change and Armed Conflict: Assessing the World’s Most Vulnerable Region EU Have to See it to Believe it: Making Sense of Brexit and British Politics The Libyan People Need US Support Now More than Ever Assessing China’s Intentions at Sea GSSR Reports: The Complicated EU-China Relationship GSSR Reports: World Bank President David Malpass on the Global Economy and Development Another Tool in the Toolbox: Using Intermediate-Range Missiles to Counter Chinese A2/AD in the Pacific Space-Based Solutions for Closing the Arctic Digital Divide Arms Sales, Mercenaries, and Strategic Bombers: Moscow’s Military Footprint in Venezuela The Russo-Turkish Alliance: With Friends Like These… Everyone Loses From the Current Rise in Protectionism The Arctic Is Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be The Return of the Russian Hooligans: Expect Violence at Euro 2020 Optics Matter: Strengthening Defense Cooperation to Counter Russia in the Black Sea Instability in Gaza: Assessing Hamas’s Grip on Power US-Houthi Collaboration Can Defeat AQAP and ISIS in Yemen Despite its Economic Impact, The Maximum Pressure Campaign Is Not Successful Instability & Opportunity: The Potential for an ISIS Comeback in Iraq Bringing NATO Into the Fold: A Dilemma for Arctic Security Pursuing Peace in Sudan The European Union’s Defense Ambitions Threaten to Undermine European Security A New Balance of Power in the Middle East? Consequences of the U.S. Abandoning the Kurds The Need for A Federal AI Supervisory Task Force is More Urgent than Ever Keeping the Navy Ship Shape: Assessing Lessons from the Past Bolivarian Brotherhood: The Roots of the Cuba-Venezuela Relationship and its Future Trajectory Real Minds Gather to Discuss Artificial Intelligence at the Kalaris Intelligence Conference How Turkey’s “Safe Zone” Could Become a Killing Field for Syria’s Civilians America Needs an Arctic Strategy Estonia’s Digital Embassies and the Concept of Sovereignty The Fluctuation of Radicalization and the Fluidity of Extremist Belief-Systems The Paralysis of the International Norm against Conventional Weapons Proliferation Is Green the New Black? Katharina Schulze is Reshaping Politics in Germany’s Bavaria Unfreezing the Status Quo: Palestinian Politics After Mahmoud Abbas The Lack of a US Response to Iran’s Brazen Actions may be its Most Escalatory Move Yet Taiwan’s Allies Dropping Like Flies Deal or No Deal: US Peace Talks with the Taliban After Bolton: A Dual Track Approach to Venezuelan Foreign Policy Peace in Ukraine, But at What Cost? Chinese Military Diplomacy: The PLA’s Role in Beijing’s Global Outlook Enhancing Regional Security Cooperation in the African Great Lakes Region GSSR Volume 7, Issue 2 Available for Download The Polyopticon: Data Gathering and State Technopower An Unpatchable Exploit: The Human Vulnerability in Cybersecurity Beam Us Up Donnie: The Future of Boost Phase Missile Defense Breaching Fortress Russia: The Uncertain Future of U.S. Expeditionary Warfare Prospects for Russo-Turkish Cooperation: Doomed with Time? In Historic Trilateral Summit, the U.S., Russia, and Israel Focus on Mutual Interests The Russian Edge in Electronic Warfare Beyond Huawei – 5G and US National Security Does Nursultan Nazarbayev’s Exit Mean Change for Kazakhstan? Task Force ODNI Briefing Report Vulnerabilities Equities Process Revisited NSCITF Report on Millennial Considerations on Insider Threat Counterinsurgency as an Approach to Organized Crime in Latin America A Nuclear (em)Powered Middle East: Why the United States Cannot Afford a Counterterror Only Approach to the Region A Punitive Cuba Policy: Cathartic but Counterproductive REPORT: SSP Faculty Interview with Dr. Rebecca Patterson Protecting the Polls from Russian Trolls: Why America Must Hack Back Don’t Discount the Threat Posed by Female Foreign Fighters Beijing-Moscow Relations Will Cool As the Arctic Heats Up Comparing PMCs and Their Private Force Antecedents REPORT: Democratization in Taiwan Sanctions On Russia Are Working And Must Be Preserved The Trump-Bolsonaro Meeting: The Problem with Brazil’s Geopolitical Reorientation Looking Past Percentages: Finding an Alternative to the 2% Threshold Changing Arctic Governance and Options for the Arctic Council Moving the National Security AI Conversation Beyond Killer Robots Why Counterterrorism Efforts Against Salafi-Jihadists Should Emphasize Information Warfare Rethinking the IMF to Counterbalance Chinese Debt Traps Spinning the Syrian Conflict: The Battle to Brand the White Helmets and the Future of Information Warfare Russia’s Race for Next-Gen Weapons Has Turned Into a Crawl REPORT: The Future of The Global Economy, Lloyd George Centennial Lecture Degraded Not Defeated: A Proposition for Forming a New US Security Strategy for Syria Strengthening Regional Engagement and Dialogue in East Africa The Risks of Repatriating—Or Not—ISIS Foreign Fighters from the West Israel’s Election and Deterrence in the Gaza Strip China’s Spreading Arctic Interests How to Stop the Insurgency in Southern Thailand Regime Change and Counterterror in the Trump Era Developments in the Visegrad Group Threaten European Union’s Future After 1857: Religion, Rebels & Jihad in South Asia REPORT: Cross-Strait Relations and the Future of Taiwan REPORT: Ukraine between Russia, the West, and Itself How the Gulf States’ Investments are Destabilizing the Horn of Africa A “Near-Arctic” Newcomer: China’s Maturing Arctic Strategy The Competition Heats Up: Climate Change and the Erosion of U.S. Military Power Estonia’s Cybersphere as an Asset and a Vulnerability The Crumbling of Arms Control and the Premise of “Equal Security” Encouraging Cross-Border Data Flows Can Enable the U.S. to Maintain its Edge in AI Demonstrations in Serbia: The Change That Likely Won’t Come Game Theory in the Venezuelan Crisis: The Challenge of Credible Bargaining A Stolen Election in the DRC – Where does US Policy Go From Here? An American National Information Security Strategy Could Pakistan Provoke a Nuclear War? Biosecurity and the National Security Community Hacker Militias or Cyber Command? The U.S. and Russian Institutionalization of Cyber Warfare To Counter Iran, the U.S. Will Need Turkish Support Assessing Challenges to AMISOM’s Exit Deconstructing Deradicalization: Why the UK Needs a New Approach to Assess CT and PCVE Programs Politicizing Humanitarian Aid in Venezuela The Warming Arctic: Implications for U.S. Regional Defense Assets Saudi Arabia’s Sudanese Mercenaries in Yemen Weaponizing Gender Violence in South Sudan REPORT: The New Arctic: Navigating the Realities, Possibilities, and Problems Between a Rock and a Hardline Place: The Conundrum of Providing Humanitarian Aid to HTS-Controlled Idlib The Transatlantic Partnership Is Damaged To An Unprecedented Degree REPORT: Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Professors Tackle Brexit Contextualizing Russia’s Arctic Militarization REPORT: “The Future of Diplomacy” Starts at Georgetown How Cryptography Could Enable Privacy-Preserving Surveillance Iran’s Security Strategy, Forty Years after the Islamic Revolution How to Keep China Out of Greenland? Start by Asking the Greenlandic People REPORT: Technology and the Future of National Security Reframe the U.S.-China AI Arms Race The Nonpolar Order; Lessons from Syria To Defend its Borders, Israel Should Continue Carrying Out Airstrikes in Syria China’s Narrative Warfare in East Asia Private Military and Security Companies as Tools of Strategy No, China Isn’t Going to Invade Taiwan Any Time Soon Russian Cyber Operations: Closing the Gap on U.S. Conventional Supremacy Policy Options for Fighting Deepfakes REPORT: CFR Conference Call on Xi Jinping Power Profile Abyei: A Fleeting Opportunity Force for Hire: The Private Market for Special Operations Forces REPORT: The Politics of Economic Diversification in Oil-Dependent Autocracies Preventing Decoupling between the United States and South Korea GSSR Volume 7, Issue 1 Available for Download REPORT: Interview with Professor Paula Doyle, GSSR Advisory Board Member► 2018 MEK: The Iranian Cult that has Washington’s Ear Diplomatic Spillover Costs Make Leaving the INF Treaty Too Dangerous The Red Sea Insurgency: The Asymmetrical Houthi Threat to the Strategic Waterway What Quantum Technology Is and Why It Matters REPORT: Interview with Professor Elizabeth Saunders Metastasizing Instability: The Venezuelan Crisis and its Effects throughout Latin America Precision Agriculture: A Fruitful Target for Cyber Adversaries REPORT: SSP Trip to Naval Station Norfolk ISIS’s Use of Social Media Still Poses a Threat to Stability in the Middle East and Africa Internal Splits In and External Defeats May Bring the Houthis to the Negotiating Table Russia Strategic Understanding of Cyber: Not an Information War – A War on Information Radicalization in Central Asia: A Thorny and Enduring Problem The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Analyzing China’s Nuclear Weapons Program Walter Laqueur, 1921-2018: A Remembrance and Appreciation Bolsonaro in Brazil: Latin America’s Latest Strongman Kids of the Caliphate: How to Resolve the Stateless Status of Children Born Under ISIS The Egyptian Government and U.S. Government Should Attempt Integration, Not Extermination, Against the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood REPORT: Deciphering Difficult Decisions: Personal Ethics in National Security Beyond Icebreakers: Bridging the US Polar Icebreaking Gap Countering Terrorism Online: Can New Public-Private Approaches Turn the Tide? Managed Stability in Russia’s Inner Abroad: Demonstrations in Ingushetia Getting the Most Out of Drones Requires Coherent Policy Think Global, Act Local? Tensions between Regional and International Objectives in the Jihadist Movement The Security Repercussions of Brexit and the Possibility of “Irexit” REPORT: Human Rights and the Question of Genocide in the Guatemalan Civil War The Evolution of Insurgent Identities: Why Terrorist Groups Turn into Criminal Enterprises REPORT: EPS Seminar, ‘Covering Climate Change in the Age of Donald Trump’ Defining and Combating Right-Wing Terrorism REPORT: The New China Challenge Conference Europe Grows Up: Taking the United States’ Temperature on the Emergence of a ‘True European Army’ Wishful Thinking or Legitimate Alternative to Hard Power: Reevaluating CVE Vietnam’s Xi? Nguyen Phu Trong Consolidates Power The Fatal Flaws in the Trump Administration’s Counterterrorism Strategy Trump’s Tariffs: A Tactic for Allies but a Strategy for China The War of Ideas: Advocating for a Stronger US Information Warfare Capability Saudi Arabia’s Naval Blockade on Yemen Increases Animosity Towards the United States A Crumbling Foundation: The Future of Arms Control Pakistan’s Bailout Request: A Unique Strategic Opportunity for the United States and India REPORT: The Hell of Good Intentions: A Conversation with Stephen Walt Abandoning the INF Treaty: Risking an Arms Race REPORT: CSIS Book Launch with John Mearsheimer REPORT: Introduction to Defense Wargaming Ready for Takeoff: Airshow China and the Future of Chinese Airpower REPORT: Staying on Course: Security, Coca, Justice, and Accord Implementation in Colombia The Cost of a Relationship: U.S. Complicity in Saudi’s Controversial War Russia and China Sidelining the U.S. in the Arctic Report on “Putin’s Fourth Term: What Lies Ahead” CERES Conference Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Should Pursue a Softer Diplomacy Canada’s New Strategy to Fight Terrorist Financing Building Democracies for the 21st Century: Confronting the China Model with Robust Institutions The Intersection of New Technology and International Security: An Interview with Professor Ben Buchanan The False Genealogy of Terrorism: How Islamic Extremists and Their Critics Misconstrue the Roots of Jihadist Ideology Messaging is Key to Bringing Top Talent onto Defense Projects Nigeria’s Misguided Militaristic Strategy Against Boko Haram Digital Security 101 Bosnian Elections 2018: The Dayton Accords Tested Again Avoiding a Self-fulfilling Prophecy In Iraq All Silk Roads Lead to Rome Threatening Identity: The Rising Tide of Islamic Terrorism in Indonesia and Malaysia An Unnecessary Evil: Why “Domestic Terrorism” Laws Are A Threat to Civil Rights “Responding to Venezuela’s Exodus,” hosted by WOLA, CEJIL and Georgetown’s ISIM Peace for India-Pakistan and the Case for Reformed Multilateralism AI and National Security: Is the United States Doing Enough? President Trump’s Latest Decisions to Close the Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission and Cut Aid to UNRWA Will Further Destabilize the Peace Process All Under the Heavens, and More: China’s Increasing Military Presence in Africa The Sochi Agreement: Theoretically Misguided in Concept and Implementation What is the Public’s Role in National Security? Ukraine’s Grand Bargain Jihad South of the Sahara: The Local Roots of Transnational Violence Putin the Troll – Making Abe An Offer He Can Only Refuse No Strings Attached? China’s Debt-Trap Diplomacy in Africa Circumventing MAD: Nuclear War Without the Nukes? Kalaris Intelligence Conference 2018: The Art and Science of Intelligence Unchained: The Department of Defense’s Aggressive New Cyber Strategy Oil and Politics: The Effect of U.S. Sanctions Against Iran on OPEC’s Future A Doctrine of ‘Righteous Might’ is Dangerous for US-China Relations Disrupting the High North: Great Power Competition Comes to Greenland There is No Silver Bullet: The Case for Postponing Libyan Elections 25th Anniversary of the Oslo Accords: Further Away from Peace than Ever? EU’s Future Border Defense Plan is in Disarray Why We Should Measure the Economic Impact of Terrorism in the Middle East Decoding Russia’s Role in Enabling Europe’s Far-Right The PKK Comeback: How the Kurdistan Workers Party Triumphed in a Time of Turmoil China’s Increasing Engagement in Syrian Conflict GSSR Volume 6, Issue 2 Available for Download The Iran Nuclear Agreement as a Deterrent for Cyberattacks The Future of Stability Operations: Can the U.S. Do Better? Is The Threat Of Nuclear Terrorism Distracting Attention From More Realistic Threats? 21st Century Authoritarianism: How the Turkish Government Manages the Media Looking Back on Marawi: An Analysis of Islamic State Terrorism in the Philippines The Clashing Narratives of Libya’s Conflict An Uncertain Future: The 2018 Mexican Election and US-Mexico Relations An Alternative Containment Strategy: How to Counter China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative No One “Won” the Summit Maintaining Europol Security Ties After Brexit Diplomacy as Investment Strategy: Why Increasing State Department Funding Is a Value-Add to the American Taxpayer Strategic Divergence: A Problem with Proxy Warfare The Logic of Pseudo-Operations: Lessons from the Rhodesian Bush War Flawed by Design: Electronics with Pre-Installed Malware France and ISIS: Moving Forward Disillusioned, Traumatized, or Radicalized: The Journey of Foreign Fighters Returning Home The Bear’s Necessities: Russia’s Control, Exploitation, and Manipulation of Information Conventional Weapons Are a Serious Threat to International Security Leaders May Die, But Terror Still Thrives Rising Security Threats Hinder G5 Forces’ Effectiveness in Mali and the Sahel Why the Trump Administration Shouldn’t Scrap the Iran Nuclear Deal DPRK Cyber Capabilities Power Projection in a Hostile Air Defense Environment: Lessons Learned from Syria The Implications of Turkey’s Anti-American Messaging Time to Rethink the NATO Alliance for the 21st Century, Again Speculative Terrorism: Preparing Capital Markets for Financial Warfare Do Terrorist Groups Really Die? A Warning Predicting Terrorism: Implications for Big Data in Public Safety The High Stakes of a Trump-Kim Summit Cycles of Violence in Myanmar: Is There Anything the International Community Can Do? Southern Syria: The Next Arena for Regional and Local Confrontation? The Feminist Threat: Why States Fear The Battle of Algiers Evaluating Egypt’s Election: A Farce of Democracy Submarine Detection and the Future of the U.S. Fleet Georgetown’s SSP and MAGES Hosts Discussion on Transatlantic Counterterrorism Efforts Led by Professor Daniel Byman and Professor Newman Presidential Rhetoric vs Reality: Can You Separate Style from Substance in Trump’s Foreign Policy? China’s “Three Warfares” In Theory and Practice in the South China Sea As Ukraine and Poland Quarrel, Russia Benefits Reforming Saudi Arabia: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 Plan Is Mutually Assured Destruction Back? It Never Left Cracks in Haftar’s Coalition? Internal Challenges to a Strongman’s Political-Military Alliance China’s Influence Operations in the United States Report on ” The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy” Panel How Great Power Competition in the Arctic Could Become a Catalyst for Instability in the Global South The Cyber Party of God: How Hezbollah Could Transform Cyberterrorism Reckoning with Defeat: How to Move Forward in Afghanistan Going Viral: Combating ISIS on Its New Battlefield Terrorism on Trial: The Problem of Prosecuting International Jihadists Islamist Militancy in Trinidad & Tobago: The Incubation of Terror Ukraine Set to Go Ballistic A Long Game in Syria: Turkey Versus Al-Qaeda The Frozen Conflict in Transnistria: Why the West Should Pay Attention to Moldova Post-Karimov Reform in Uzbekistan: Illusion or Reality? Failing Ghouta’s Civilians: Why the International Community Consistently Avoids Humanitarian Interventions A Bridge Too Far?: US Strategy Towards Iran’s “Land Bridge” Scholars, Recalling the Mistakes of Versailles, Argue for the Necessity of Investing in Institutions Weathering North Korea’s “Charm Offensive”: Maintaining the U.S./South Korean Alliance After the Winter Olympics Normative Persuasion and the Impact of IMET Programs on U.S. National Security Goals Burying Our Heads in the Sand: Female Participation in Political Violence (The Kim Yo-jong Story) US Counterterrorism in the Horn of Africa: A Chance for Ethiopian-Eritrean Cooperation? The New Major Middle East Divide: How Intra-Sunni Power Competition is Reshaping the Region Operation Olive Branch: A Misstep in Russia’s Syria Strategy? Amid Recent Terrorist Attacks, US and NATO-led Efforts In Afghanistan Must Persist NSCITF Report on Digital Influencing for CVE Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: The Paradox of Readiness and Modernization in the US Army Defeating Digital Discombobulation: Options in Countering Online Disinformation Campaigns The Islamic State in North Africa: Assessing the Potential of a Maghrebi Offshoot We Should Have Seen It Coming: The Inherent Susceptibility of Democracies to Foreign Intervention Is a Russian Invasion of Kazakhstan on the Horizon? The Impact of Turkey’s Afrin Operation on US-Kurdish Stability Operations Bitcoin and the Dark Web: The New Terrorist Threat? Indonesia’s War on Terror is Far from Over► 2017 GSSR Volume 6, Issue 1 Available for Download! Strategic Gridlock in America’s Second Somalia War Sustaining Stability: The Problems and Possibilities of US Stabilization Operations Sri Lanka: A Story of China’s Consolidation and India’s Haste The Case Against Hacking Back Reliance on China to Solve North Korea is Reasonable, but Unrealistic National Security Figures Need to Explain the Impacts of Climate Change Rethinking American Military Aid to Egypt Undermining the UN, Putin’s Russia Drives Regional Diplomatic Talks on Syria The Utility of Offensive Nuclear Weapons in the Modern Era Tackling Homegrown Terrorism in China Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Paula Doyle, SSP Adjunct Professor Russia’s 2018 Election: A Look Inside the Kremlin’s Political Theater Marawi: Just the Beginning Standing Up to the Russian Bear: Time for A Comprehensive Strategy for Countering the Threat of the Russian Federation Psychologist Discusses ‘Mutual Radicalization’ in Groups and Nation-States Jihad After the Caliphate Richard Spencer and White Ethno-Nationalism’s Domestic Terrorism Threat Peace and Security in India: A Conversation with AVM Arjun Subramaniam As October Revolution Centennial Passes, Belarus Clings to Soviet Past The Implications of France’s New Anti-Terror Law Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Gary Shiffman, SSP Adjunct Professor Militant Monks of Sri Lanka Chinese Global Governance Leadership is Only a Win-Win for China Stay in Your Lane: The US Military and the Interagency Community A Soft(ware) Approach to Threats from Within: Mitigating the Insider Threat with Threat-Detection Software Assessing US Credibility in the Trump Era American Amnesia: Counterterror Strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Keir Lieber, Incoming CSS/SSP Director What Is Next for the Islamic State? The Need for Realpolitik in US-Turkey Relations Why the Fall of the ‘Caliphate’ in Syria Will Not Ease Western Security Concerns What Comes After Raqqa? Preventing Russian Dominance in the Arctic China’s Evolving Cybersecurity Strategy Hawalas’ Role in the Financial War on Terrorism The European Defense Project: Challenges and Potential Rethinking US Missile Defense in Times of Diplomatic Madness Rethinking the South Asia Strategy—Addressing the Root Causes of Afghanistan/Pakistan Tensions Finding a Place for Political Islam The Mounting Challenges in Refugee Education Death from Above? The United States Must Address Air Defense Challenges Former CIA and NSA Director, General Michael Hayden, Discusses Shifts in Global Security Irish Foreign Minister Highlights the Unique Challenges Posed to Ireland by Brexit Brazil’s Widespread Violence and Failed Responses Japan’s “Remilitarization”: More Baby Steps World Leaders Should Have Seen the Rohingya Crisis Coming NATO Becomes Complacent at Its Own Peril Sri Lanka: Battleground for an Asian Power Imbroglio? Radical Islam: Saudi Arabia’s Other Export Students Reflect on Personal Ethics in National Security There’s a Perfectly Good Alternative to War with North Korea Ambassador Hartley Draws a Critical Contrast Between Trump and Macron’s Foreign Policies The Limits of Hard Power in Trump’s Afghanistan and South Asia Strategy SSP and a Day at Gettysburg The US-Russia Race to Beat ISIS in Eastern Syria Matching Means and Ends in North Korea To Understand Slovenia’s Post-Soviet Success, Look Beyond Lustration Women and De-Radicalization Chinese Approaches to Contingency Planning in a Collapsed North Korea Georgetown’s Center for Security Studies Hosts Kalaris Intelligence Conference Optimizing the ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign Against North Korea Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Matthew Kroenig, SFS Associate Professor Confronting Information As a Weapon Arming Ukraine is a Sensible Option Prospect Theory Suggests the Islamic State is Primed for Risk-Seeking Behavior Moon and Trump: Rocky Beginnings GSSR Volume 5, Issue 2 Available for Download! Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. James Bruce, SSP Adjunct Professor Revamping the Radiological Security Regime It’s Not Me, It’s the System: The Inevitability of Failure in Russia-US Relations Under President Trump The Syrian Conflict: The Difference Between Peace and Justice Experimenting with Democracy: Myanmar’s Persecution of Rohingya Muslims Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Another Drivers of Migration in Central America The Missing Armada and the Fate of US-ROK Relations Venezuela’s Arsenal: A Ticking Time Bomb Turkey’s Referendum Affects the Fight Against ISIS With Elections Near, Putin Can’t Afford to Double Down on Syria A Misguided Military Escalation in Yemen Pakistan’s Militancy Conundrum Turning a Blind Eye to Chemical Weapons: Will Anyone Investigate What Happened in Darfur? The Case for Preventive Arms Control By, With, and Through: Securing US National Interests in Africa A Compelling Case for American Leadership How the ISIL War Changed the Political System in Iraqi Kurdistan THAAD Will Lead to Increased Chinese Nuclear Development To Make War on One Man: A Communications Lesson for Policymakers Turns 100 Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Professor Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault, SSP Director of Teaching What the President Values Civilian Casualties and the United States’ Dilemma in Syria and Iraq Balancing Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Between Operational Capability and Public Disclosure Damming the Mekong: Environmental Degradation and the “Build First, Talk Later” Approach The DRC’s Perfect Storm: A Nation on the Brink of Civil War Libya Could Be the Trump Test for US-Russia Cooperation in the Middle East Reply to ‘Why Aren’t Terrorism Experts Looking Right?’ Why Aren’t Terrorism Experts Looking Right? Iranian Support for Kurds Threatens US Security Interests; Here’s How the US Can Respond Russia’s Information Warriors Don’t Care If We Disprove Their Lies NATO Without America: A Grim Prognosis Unconventional Assassinations: Why the Assassination of Kim Jong-nam Has Greater Implications NATO Still Matters Paper Tigers and Eagles: Why the United States Should Not Underestimate the PLA The DoD’s “New” Plans for ISIS Can H.R. McMaster Purge Groupthink from the White House? Mosul After ISIL: The Stability Challenges Ahead FBI Official Outlines Threats to US National Security “Counterterrorism” in Xinjiang Opportunities and Challenges for Europe’s Energy Union GSSR Special Issue: What the New Administration Needs to Know About Terrorism and Counterterrorism Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Kevin M. O’Connell, SSP Adjunct Professor A Return to the Democratic Way of War Containing NATO: Russia’s Growing A2/AD Capability in the Mediterranean Weekend at Bibi’s? Survival of the Two-State Solution The Wars of Today and Tomorrow: A Conversation with Douglas Lute Russia Trumps Up Charges Against Its Own Europe’s New Approach to Energy Security A Crossroads for Kosovo Should We Worry About Iran’s Ballistic Missiles? The Yemen Raid: Uncertain Implications for US Counterterrorism Policy and Decision-making Avoiding the Next War Academics and Practitioners Give Open Advice to President Trump on ‘Eradicating’ Terrorism Tensions and Torture in Flynn’s National Security Council SFS Grad Provides Insight on US Relationship with Latin America 100 Years Later: Reflections on Revolution Disinformation and Reflexive Control: The New Cold War Why the United States Should Maintain Civilian Control of Its Nuclear Complex Let’s Get Smarter About Controlling Small Arms and Light Weapons What CPEC Can Do for Pakistan’s Internal Security Balancing Neutrality Between Russia and NATO: The Case of Finland Islamist Terrorism: An Existential Threat to the United States?► 2016 GSSR Volume 5, Issue 1 Available for Download! The Navy in the 21st Century: Threats, Strategy, and Capabilities A New Development in the Fight Against Online Extremism An Open Letter to the US President-elect: Remember One Korea The United States Military’s Waning Supremacy Deal or No Deal: What Should Be the Fate of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action? Lessons in the Exercise of Soft Power: Oman’s Role in the Middle East Why International Law Matters to Decision Makers Old Tricks, New Targets: Russia’s Involvement in the 2016 Elections and the US Response The Dangers of White Nationalism: The Rise and Normalization of Online Racism in the United States Time to Police INTERPOL Banning Killer Robots? A Way Forward Why the Trump Administration Should Embrace CVE Demonetization: The Stumbling Block in Modi’s India? NATO’s Perfect Storm: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Kobe Confidential: Japan’s Yakuza War One Year In Solidifying Xi’s Power: Key Takeaways from China’s Sixth Plenum It’s All About the Ships and the Schedule: US Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea Bioterror: The Known Unknown Hezbollah’s Tenure in Syria: Tactical and Strategic Implications The Benefits and Risks of Human Performance Modification for the US Military Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: The Necessity of Continuity in Uzbekistan An Arab Spring with No Water: How Uprisings in the Middle East Can Be Linked to Resource Scarcity The Fate of Conscription in South Korea Veterans Day Remarks from Mr. Daniel Feehan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness) Drone Policy, International Law, and the Next Administration Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Professor Rollie Flynn and Dr. Jeffrey Connor on Spring 2017 Course Offering, National Security Critical Issues Task Force CRISPR—A Rogue One? Kabyle’s Forgotten Grievance: Implications for Algeria’s Internal Security Outlook Could the Arctic Circle Become the Next Crimea? The Devil is in the Details: Assessing the Threat of Russia’s “Satan 2” ICBM Demythologizing the Foreign Fighter Protecting the Financial Sector from Cyber Attacks: Why G7 Guidelines Need to go Further Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Professor Chris Taylor on Spring 2017 Course Offering, Hacking for Defense Russia’s Disinformation War Thailand Enters a New Era Reframing Reversals: The Islamic State’s Media Jihad Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with R. Nick Palarino, SSP Visiting Professor of the Practice Special Issue: An Information Based Strategy to Reduce North Korea’s Increasing Threat Iraq’s Ailing Ayatollah and the Future of Shia Moderation in Iraq The Truth on Turkey Enough is Enough: Shifting South Korean Attitudes Towards Pyongyang A Serious Solution for Syria The Looming Threat of the Islamic State in Pakistan Eroding Deterrence: Taiwan’s Civil-Military Divide NSCITF Report on Countering Violent Extremism U.N. Peacekeeping Mission Failure in Mali: An Operational and Strategic Failure The Birth of Terrorist Deradicalization Programming in the U.S.? China and Russia’s Angry Response to THAAD: Why and What It Means for the United States Death of Uzbek President Signals Strategic Opportunity for Russia Brexit: Boosting Greater Defense Integration in Europe? NATO’s Cyber Capabilities Are Only Defensive Without Cyber ‘Red Lines’ India’s Act East Policy: A Track Record and Recommendations for the Future Duterte and the Future of US-Philippines Relations Women and the Draft: Is the House Delaying the Inevitable? Beyond Early Warning: How the U.S. Can Move From Talk to Action on Genocide Prevention Our Oceans: A Top Global Security Policy Priority Getting Compliance Right in the South China Sea Thinking Beyond Failed States In the Heart of the Fire: Lebanon’s Place in A Regional Rivalry The Challenge of the ‘Asia Rebalance’ for China Baby Formula – the Egyptian Army’s Latest Economic Venture GSSR Volume 4, Issue 2 Available for Download! A Brighter Future for Iranian Nonproliferation? Jabhat al-Nusra: An Enduring, Yet Imperfect Adversary The Intersection of Art and Terrorism Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Daniel Kaniewski, SSP Adjunct Professor An Unstable Peace in South Sudan Amid Setbacks in Somalia, al Shabaab Hints at Resurgence CONTEST, Prevent, and the Lessons of UK Counterterrorism Policy How Congress Can Prevent a Nuclear Iran The Future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Nuclear Suppliers Group Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Scott Harold, SSP Adjunct Professor Could Saddam’s Faith Campaign Have Given Us ISIS?: An Iraqi Perspective Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Patrick Eddington, SSP Adjunct Assistant Professor With an Iron Fist: What the Start of Syria’s Civil War Tells Us About its End China’s New Governing Paradigm: A Discussion with Dr. Timothy Heath Veteran Lives Matter: A Call to Action Why We Should Still Move Forward Towards a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East Terrorist Radicalization and the Targeting Issue Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Ariane Tabatabai, SSP Assistant Professor Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Professor Adam Lovinger, SSP Adjunct Professor It Doesn’t Matter If They’re Bluffing: We Have to Address North Korea’s ICBMs With Deadly Pampore Attack, Lashkar-e-Taiba Responds to Islamic State Critique Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Natalie Goldring, SSP Adjunct Professor Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Truls Tønnessen, Visiting Research Fellow Misguided Analysis and the Reality of Jordanian Politics Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Tammy Schultz, SSP Adjunct Professor Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Mike Delurey, SSP Adjunct Professor The Dynamic Market: Illicit Nuclear Supply and Demand The Psychology of Violence: Why People Kill Exploiting the Inherent Seam in the Islamic State Kicking the Nuclear Can: Dealing with the Modernization Challenge Assurance and Deterrence in Europe – A Cold War Redux Iran’s Quest for the Su-30 Fighter Jet The Russian Bear Goes Polar: Putin’s Territorial Claims in the Arctic Cyber Isn’t As Scary (And Yet Just As Scary) As It Seems Looking Outward: Indian Maritime Power and Energy Security China’s Real Objection to Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Iraqi Kurds’ Oil Woes: A Story of False Hope Iran v. Saudi Arabia: Sectarianism, Realism, and Foreign Policy in the Gulf Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Dr. Thomas McNaugher, SSP’s Director of Studies Brazil – The Fragility of Soft Power The Danger of Ignoring Yemen Should We Fear the Unconventional? Why ISIL’s Chemical Weapons Are Causing the West to Panic Does Terrorism Work?: A Discussion with Dr. Bruce Hoffman A Long Time Coming? An Examination of the Arguments against Women in Combat A War Apart: Examining the American Civil-Military Divide Chinese Nuclear Policy, Strategy, and Force Modernization with Dr. Michael Chase GSSR Volume 4, Issue 1 Available for Download!► 2015 Misunderstanding Iran: The West’s False Narratives About the Islamic Republic China: Aftermath of the One-Child Policy Engaging Local Leaders in Africa The Perfect Climate for War “Jihadi Brides” or Something More? Understanding Why Women Join ISIS Counterinsurgency and Development in FATA: Lessons from US Experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan What the South China Sea Teaches Us About Geopolitics Return of the Rising Sun? Japan’s New Security Legislation and its Bearing on US Interests Terrorism on the Move A New Phase in Russia-Iran Relations Pope Francis and the Power of Ideas Assessing How Limited Will Inhibits Air Supremacy ‘Underreach’: The Syrian Periphery in Obama’s Grand Strategy Islamophobia in the United States U.S.-Russian Relations with Ambassador Linton Brooks Introducing Lieutenant General James Dubik, SSP’s New Director of Teaching GSSR Volume 3, Issue 2 Available for Download! A Parting Interview with Dr. Robert Egnell Syrian Civil Defense: A Framework for Demobilization and Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Syria Seeking Legitimate Governance of the Korean Peninsula Cyber Warfare: Chinese and Russian Lessons For US Cyber Doctrine The AIIB: What Happens When the World Grows Weary of Waiting Why Taiwan Won’t Be Able to Build An Effective All-Volunteer Force Not All Apologies Are Created Equal: Israel’s Insecurity and the March Elections Anyone’s War: The Privatization of Violence Is Déby the new strongman of the Sahel? Interview: Dr. Bruce Hoffman on His New Book, Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947 Countering Boko Haram Propaganda: A Memo to US Policymakers Dr. Avraham Sela: State, Society and Transnational Islamic Volunteer Fighters in Comparative Perspective: Palestine 1948 and Afghanistan (1980-92) Why the World is Failing to Secure Fissile Materials Interview: Dr. Bruce Hoffman on the Release of the 9/11 Review Commission Report MINUSTAH, Argentina, and the future of Latin America’s role in peacekeeping The Threat of Urban Terrorism The Next Theater in the Ukraine Crisis Could be in…Louisiana? Is the use of nuclear weapons legal? What’s in a Safe Haven? Amateurs Talk Collection, Professionals Talk PED Shadow Networks: How Criminals, Terrorists, and Rogue States Collaborate Where The Pen Meets The Sword: The Role Of Poetry In The Study Of International Affairs Enduring Challenges of the Strategic Trade Control Regime The Institutional Failures of Modern Counterinsurgency The Still-Present Ghosts of Rwanda Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: Uncertainty, Brinksmanship, and Salami-slicing in East Asia Congress’ Iran Sanctions Dilemma Nuclear Terrorism: How to Respond? Yemen: The Difficulties of Curtailing Smuggling and the Regional Implications Book Launch – Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice by Lt. Col. John Nagl (Ret.) AQIM: A History The United States Should Think Twice Before Intervening Against ISIL Accurately Attributing the Sony Hack is More Important than Retaliating GSSR Volume 3, Issue 1 Available for Download!► 2014 Diagnosing the Latest US-Israel Relationship Woes The Radicalization of South Asian Islam: Saudi Money and the Spread of Wahhabism North Korea has crossed the cyber red line by combining cyberattacks with the threat of terrorism – and the United States must respond The Humanitarian Approach: A New Perceptual Paradigm for Nuclear Disarmament The Farm Offensive: The Vulnerability of America’s Food Sources Will Cheap Oil Hamper Nigeria’s Fight against Boko Haram? Using Hate Sites to Counter White Separatist Terrorism in the US A Peace Worth Fighting For Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait: Is Dispersal Enough? Smartphone Encryption and the FBI, Demystified Pakistan’s Abandonment Narrative: Reading Between the Lines Iraq’s Five Catalysts for Civil War Book Launch: The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat: From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden’s Death, Edited by Bruce Hoffman and Fernando Reinares The Triple Challenge of Confronting Lone Wolf Attacks Not So “Beautiful Blaise” Deteriorating Nuclear Disincentives in the Middle East Indonesia’s Returning Foreign Fighter Threat The Looming Threat in South Asia: Nuclear Postures of India and Pakistan The Rise and Fall(?) of Hamas The J. P. Morgan Chase Data Breach: Whose Job is it to Secure Americans’ Financial Information? The Right Kahl: Unfounded Criticism of a (Former) SSP Professor Is Egypt repeating Iraq’s mistakes? The September 12th Generation Spoiler Alert! The (Over)Reaction of the North Korean Regime to The Interview U.S. Security Partnerships after the fall of Mosul Military Disengagement from Politics: The Case of Pakistan’s Revolving Barracks Door A Theory of Cyberwarfare: Political and Military Objectives, Lines of Communication, and Targets The Moral Foundations of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict The Foreign Policy of U.S. Arms Transfers Anatomy of a Winning Insurgency: Learning From Hizballah’s Victory Over Israel in the 1982-2000 South Lebanon Conflict Energy Security and North Korea: A Failed Pursuit for Self-Reliance Blast from the Past: Using History to Shape Targeted Strikes Policy GSSR Volume 2, Issue 2 Available for Download! Why Turkey May Not Buy Chinese Missile Systems After All Tipping the Scales: How to Combat Cyberthreats to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Inspired by Inspire: Al-Qaeda Central’s Latest Foray into Western Recruitment Jam. Bomb. Hack? New U.S. Cyber Capabilities and the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses Why the ISIS-al-Qaeda Conflict Isn’t All Good News Countering al-Shabaab’s Virtual Western Recruitment To counter Russia, understand its motivations Has Russia Begun Offensive Cyberspace Operations in Crimea? Betting it all on Nothing: Ukraine’s opposition has legitimate grievances, but risked everything to gain little It’s Not You, It’s Me: Key Questions on the al-Qaeda-ISIS Breakup Realism Versus Liberalism: U.S. Foreign Military Sales to Egypt in the Post-Morsi Era Recent Articles by SSP Students, Staff, and Alumni Combating Human Trafficking: A Thai-U.S. Analysis► 2013 Winning Minds: The Role of Education in Securing Afghanistan Reevaluating U.S. Defense Conversion Assistance to Russia Morality in Intelligence Practice: Lessons from the British Experience in Northern Ireland Unsustainable Peace in Mali Evolving Civil-Military Relations: A Comparative Analysis of Egypt, Turkey, and Pakistan Miscalculating Nuclear Deterrence in the Middle East: Why Kenneth Waltz Gets It Wrong Lebanon and the Syrian Civil War: Preventing the Descent Back Into Conflict Intervention in Somalia: A Misguided Model for Success in Mali The End of the Drug War: Its Implications and the Future of Drug Trafficking in Mexico Pakistan, the United States, and the Confidence Deficit Libya and the United States: More than Benghazi A Road to Nowhere: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Failure to Negotiate a Democratic Transition in Egypt Richard A. Clarke and Robert K. Knake’s “Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It” (Harper Collins, 2010) The Elephant in the Room? North Korea and the Myth of ROK/U.S. “OPCON Transfer” Why Waltz May Have it Right Max Boot’s Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present (New York: Liveright/W.W. Norton, 2013) Revisiting the Invasion of Iraq Enemies Among Us: The Targeted Killing of American Members of al-Qaeda and the Need for Congressional Leadership Embassy Moscow: A Diplomatic Perspective of the Cuban Missile Crisis Dirty Politics: Ethnic Cleansing and U.S. Policy in Myanmar Beyond Oil: The New Energy Geopolitics of the Middle East U.S. Counterterrorism Policy and Hezbollah’s Resiliency Review of George F. Kennan: An American Life Securing Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic GSSR Volume 1, Issue 3 Available for Download! GSSR Volume 1, Issue 2 Available for Download!► 2012 GSSR Volume 1, Issue 1 Available for Download! 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