World
After Osama
By Meredith Potter ON MAY 2, 2011, American operatives stormed a residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, killing al Qaeda commander Osama bin Laden. The immediate effect on the United States and its allies was psychological; retribution had been achieved after…
The Chinese Century?
By Josef Goodman History will return to normal. After a few centuries of hibernation, which gave rise to Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries, China is awaking from its slumber to reclaim the dominance of…
Mexico’s Last Stand
By David A. Perez Security forces scramble to react to an eruption of violence that kills 85 people in one day. Later, a mass grave is uncovered in the desert, revealing 72 mangled bodies. In a separate incident, gunmen ambush…
The Regulation of New Warfare
Peter Warren Singer is a Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institute.
The Price of War
Dear Readers: On December 1, 2009, President Obama announced a new Afghan battle strategy involving an escalation of more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces. While the decision created a media frenzy in the United States and around the world, plans…
Moving On: Kosovo’s Future After Independence
By Deirdre Dlugoleski To the inhabitants of Pristina, bursts of gunfire and the glare of explosions in the night sky must have been nothing new. The chaos of February 17 2008 probably looked familiar from a distance – except for…
Plotting the Next Moves in Obama’s Chess Match with Iran
The Middle East has never been an easy issue for the U.S. to tackle. How has President Obama fared during his first term?
One Country, Three Nations, On the Brink
By Hannah Kieschnick To pass through Bosnia and Herzegovina is to pass through a bruised country on the brink. Traveling back from a three-day trip to Sarajevo during the Yale Summer Session in Dubrovnik, Croatia, we waited in a long string…