Commentary
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Feb- 2018 -28 February
Red Army in the grey zone: Russia’s greatest threat to the US is ‘less-than-war’
Crispin Burke argues that a credible US military deterrent may encourage Russia to use less-than-war measures, including military contractors and cyber power – designed to create plausible deniability and preclude the US from striking back
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17 February
An experimental playground: The footprint of Russian private military companies in Syria
The footprint of Russian private military contractors in Syria is significant and has demonstrated the capacity of the Kremlin to apply military pressure abroad without officially deploying regular troops
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15 February
Book Review: Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy
Review: The book “Losing an Enemy” by Trita Parsi provides a definitive historical narrative to the JCPOA and an understanding of what is at stake in the struggle for the agreement’s survival
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14 February
Trump’s nuclear posture destabilizes, while disrespecting legacies of environmental injustice
Trump's 2018 Nuclear Posture Review is destabilizing and affects native and other American communities that were environmentally damaged for uranium production
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13 February
The Manbij Conundrum
The collapse, or eviction by military force, of the SDF from Manbij would have dire consequences for the stability of the SDF, and by extension, the entire US mission to build stability in the wake of the Islamic State in Syria.
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10 February
Egypt’s new Sinai campaign unlikely to achieve long-term stability
It is nearly inconceivable to think that the Egyptian military could support a sustained presence to the level it will demonstrate over the next days in Sinai, Allison McManus writes
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9 February
Book Review: The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State
Review: The book “The ISIS Apocalypse” by Will McCants remains important for anticipating the future developments in the now global arena of terrorism
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8 February
US 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: It’s the Baltic states, stupid!
What the nuclear posture review fails to grasp is that when combined with a strong conventional presence, US reliance on strategic escalation strengthens deterrence, while the deployment of low-yield SLCMs weakens it
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2 February
SDF defeated ISIS in northern Syria – the US and its allies should support them in Afrin
The world made the right choice when it stood with the SDF in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. It is not too late for the United States to stand with Afrin.
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2 February
Why Pakistan will not back down to US pressure
The Pakistani military views the Taliban as vital to securing Pakistan's continued existence and has cards to play against the US in Afghanistan
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