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Analysis + OpinionApril 21, 2023The threat of civil breakdown is realSteven Simon and Jonathan StevensonPoliticoNational security officials are still not prepared for a far-right revolt. |
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In the NewsApril 21, 2023Just like yesterday? New critiques of the nuclear revolutionPaul C AveryTexas National Security ReviewQuoted: "This conceptualization largely includes Barry Posen’s discussion of inadvertent escalation resulting from conventional operations that unintentionally degrade the survivability of an opponent’s nuclear arsenal." |
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In the NewsApril 20, 2023A scathing critique of US Middle East policy, from Carter to BidenAndrew ExumThe Washington PostSteven Simon's merciless new history of American engagement in the Middle East from Jimmy Carter to Joe Biden spares few: In the estimation of the author, no American policymakers, across Republican or Democratic administrations, have much to be proud of. |
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Analysis + OpinionApril 20, 2023The failed “coup-proofing” behind the recent violence in SudanIsaac ChotinerThe New YorkerIsaac Chotiner interviews Mai Hassan, Faculty Director of MIT Africa and Associate Professor of Political Science, about the recent violence in Sudan. |
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In the NewsApril 19, 2023America’s imposition on incompatible Middle East realitiesJohn SawersFinancial TimesJohn Sawers reviews CIS Wilhelm Fellow Steven Simon's newly published book Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East, writing that it is "a brilliantly written critique of 45 years of US foreign policy in the Mideast". |
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In the NewsApril 18, 2023The myth of multipolarityStephen G Brooks and William C WohlforthForeign AffairsQuoted: "Consider the capabilities that give the United States what the political scientist Barry Posen has called 'command of the commons'—that is, control over the air, the open sea, and space. Command of the commons is what makes the United States a true global military power." |
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In the NewsApril 18, 2023The forty-year war: How America lost the Middle EastLisa AndersonForeign AffairsSteven Simon's new book Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East offers "a comprehensive, even magisterial review of US policy in the Middle East over the past half century." |
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In the NewsApril 13, 2023Arrest in leaked classified documents investigation shocks neighbors in DightonMichael Yoshida, Caroline Goggin, and Keke Vencill7 News WHDH BostonQuoted: Speaking with 7NEWS, security expert Barry Posen said the leak was “a really colossal screw up on somebody’s part.” |
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In the NewsApril 12, 2023New book explores last 4 decades of US involvement, failures in Middle EastABC NewsABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with Robert E Wilhelm Fellow Steven Simon about his new book "Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East." |
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Analysis + OpinionApril 10, 2023The cost of 'normalcy': Updating Japan's national securityRichard J SamuelsYale MacMillan Center Council on East Asian StudiesRichard J Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies, gives the 23rd Annual John W Hall Lecture in Japanese Studies. |
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