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précisMay 19, 2020The cult of the persuasive: The organizational origins of US strategy in military assistancePhD candidate Rachel Tecott explains in her essay that "as long as the White House and the Congress continue to grant the military the autonomy and the resources to perpetuate military assistance projects without serious evaluation...the cult of the persuasive is likely to persist, and US military assistance projects are likely to fail." |
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précisMay 19, 2020Contesting the Iranian Revolution: The Green UprisingsPouya Alimagham is a historian of the modern Middle East, with a focus on Iran, Iraq, and the Levant. In Contesting the Iranian Revolution: The Green Uprisings, he harnesses the wider history of Iran and the Middle East to highlight how activists contested the Islamic Republic's legitimacy to its very core. |
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précisMay 19, 2020End NotesEnd Notes features the professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff. This includes recent awards, speaking engagements, and publications. |
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précisMay 19, 2020ActivitiesStarr Forums explore topics through the lens of Covid-19; Africa and India take on Covid-19; Summer Study Grants; SSP Wednesday Seminars; International Migration Seminar Series; SHASS Infinite Miles Awards; the Policy Lab at CIS completes fifth call for proposals with record turnout. |
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In the NewsMay 19, 2020Intervention or restraint: Ruger and Posen debate Kristol and FlournoyJacob HeilbrunnThe National InterestOn the American Public Television program “The Whole Truth,” hosted by historian and author David Eisenhower, a panel of leading foreign policy figures, including William Ruger, Michele Flournoy, William Kristol and Barry Posen, recently debated America’s purpose. |
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In the NewsMay 18, 2020Former inspector general: Trump is attacking the ‘institution’ of oversightLawrence O'DonnellMSNBCJoel Brenner, who served as Inspector General of the National Security Agency under President Bush, tells Lawrence O’Donnell the firing of several inspectors general shows President Trump believes all government officials owe him “personal loyalty.” |
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In the NewsMay 18, 2020Trump’s ‘highly unusual’ politicization of government watchdogsYamiche AlcindorPBS News HourPresident Trump has fired three inspectors general recently, including State Department watchdog Steve Linick on Friday. Yamiche Alcindor talks to Joel Brenner, a former national security inspector general and director of national intelligence, about how politicizing the IG role is “all wrong.” |
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In the NewsMay 15, 2020Inspectors general: oversight, authority, and removal with Joel BrennerNational Security Law TodayJoel Brenner discusses the Inspectors General role during the Covid-19 crisis and Trump's removal on National Security Law Today. |
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In the NewsMay 11, 2020National security is in the eye of the beholderBrad GlossermanJapan TimesRichard Samuels quoted: MIT Professor Richard Samuels describes this as the belief that societies must “organize to defend the wealth of individuals they comprise” — their skills, productive relationships, firms and R&D centers that create their wealth — and argues that this logic has long prevailed in Japan. |
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Analysis + OpinionMay 10, 2020Can the democrats avoid Trump’s China trap?Rachel Esplin Odell, Stephen WertheimThe New York TimesDemocrats, and Republicans who truly put American security first, face a choice. Joe Biden in particular will decide whether to lead his party into Mr Trump’s trap or play a different game. |