Analysis + Opinion | 2023
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Analysis + OpinionMay 23, 2023Did the unipolar moment ever end?Foreign AffairsIs the global distribution of power today is closer to being unipolar than it is to being bipolar or multipolar? Experts weigh in. |
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Analysis + OpinionMay 1, 2023Sudan’s generals are dragging the country toward disasterMai Hassan and Ahmed KodoudaForeign AffairsOnly civilian leaders can forge a path to piece. |
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Analysis + OpinionApril 23, 2023Why security assistance often failsRachel Tecott MetzLawfareAround the world, the United States relies heavily on security assistance to gain influence and make its allies more formidable. When actual war breaks out, however, many long-time recipients of such assistance fight poorly or otherwise do not seem to have heeded the lessons that U.S. trainers tried to impart. |
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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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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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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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Analysis + OpinionMarch 16, 2023You can go home again: A proposal for phased military withdrawal from Iraq and normalizing US–Iraq relationsSteven Simon and Adam WeinsteinQuincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftUS interests in Iraq are derived from an interest in regional stability and impel the continuation of an “advise, assist, and enable” mission in the near term. There is no need, however, to maintain a long–term military presence in the country. |
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Analysis + OpinionFebruary 24, 2023Nuclear war theory: Continuity and changeStephen Van EveraColumbia SIPAFord International Professor of Political Science Stephen Van Evera participated in A Conference on Today’s Competitive Geopolitical Landscape – in honor of Robert Jervis, hosted by the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He spoke on a panel about Robert Jervis' work on nuclear war theory. |
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Analysis + OpinionFebruary 13, 2023Lessons from Russia's invasion of UkraineBarry Posen and Stephen Van EveraDefense PrioritiesMIT Security Studies Program Professors Barry Posen and Stephen Van Evera, along with other top experts, share their insights on key takeaways from the first year of the war in Ukraine. |
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Analysis + OpinionFebruary 7, 2023Japan, China hold Foreign Minister call days after NATO chief’s visitMina PollmannThe DiplomatTokyo continues to try to keep relations with Beijing stable even as it deepens military cooperation with NATO and other partners. |
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Analysis + OpinionFebruary 3, 2023A better way to protect free speech on campusMalick W GhachemThe Chronicle of Higher EducationGrand statements of principle ignore classroom realities. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 31, 2023Why we believe the US still has the upper hand in a war over TaiwanEric HeginbothamNewsweekRecently conducted simulations of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan...show that although such a war would be costly to all sides, China would lose—so long as the United States continues to invest in maintaining deterrence and chooses to intervene directly and vigorously. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 30, 2023As Blinken visits Israel amid violence, US confirms drone attacks on IranSteven SimonResponsible StatecraftWhile affirming Washington’s strategy against Tehran, Blinken will have to convince Netanyahu against flaming an Israeli-Palestinian war. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 29, 2023Russia in the Caucasus and Central Asia after the invasion of UkraineCarol R SaivetzLawfareRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped the politics of much of the former Soviet periphery. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 13, 2023Biden is about to have his hands full in the Middle EastAaron David Miller and Steven SimonForeign PolicyIran and Israel may set Washington’s agenda for the next two years. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 4, 2023Russia's reboundBarry R PosenForeign AffairsHow Moscow has partially recovered from its military setbacks. |
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