If Russia goes nuclear, how does the West respond?
Quoted: Stephen Van Evera voiced fear about the potential for nuclear escalation in Ukraine, saying the “balance of resolve” there is tilting against the United States.
The forty-year war: How America lost the Middle East
Author:
Lisa Anderson
Steven 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."
America’s imposition on incompatible Middle East realities
Author:
John Sawers
John 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".
India-China border tensions and US strategy in the Indo-Pacific
M Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the MIT Security Studies Program, participated in an expert panel discussion on India-China border tensions and US strategy in the Indo-Pacific.
New book explores last 4 decades of US involvement, failures in Middle East
ABC 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."
Just like yesterday? New critiques of the nuclear revolution
Author:
Paul C Avery
Quoted: "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."
The myth of multipolarity
Author:
Stephen G Brooks and William C Wohlforth
Quoted: "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."
José Maria Neves, president of Cape Verde, tours MIT
Author:
Peter Dizikes
The visit featured a public seminar on African governance, as well as meetings with faculty, students, and staff.
Russia suspends participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the US
Author:
Here & Now
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday that his country would suspend participation in the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement with the US. Here & Now discusses what this means with Massachusetts Institute of Technology security analyst Jim Walsh.
What's behind the Chinese spy balloon
Author:
Isaac Chotiner
President Xi Jinping has modernized and expanded his military, but the balloon incident may indicate the challenges he faces in consolidating its power. An interview with MIT Security Studies Program Director M Taylor Fravel.