New items for May 2019

New items for February 2019

National Security Archive, Carter Center, China File, Rand, Council on Foreign Relations

Fast Company, Science Diplomacy, The Chicago Council, NSA Archives, The Global Americans, Wilson Center

Diplomatic Courier | To Infinity and Beyond: Space Diplomacy and the New Space Age National Security Archive | Excessive U.S. sanctions could push Iran “over the brink”: UAE official to U.S. in 1995 STRATFOR  | What If Brexit Happened Without an Exit … Read more

AFSA  | Preserving America’s Global Leadership by Barbara Stephenson Science and Diplomacy | A Diplomat’s Perspective on Use of Science and Evidence in Implementing PEPFAR by Jimmy Kolker Brookings | 4 Essential Elements of a U.S. Strategy on Syria by Michael … Read more

Congressional Research Service Report: The Peace Corps: Current Issues Pew Research Report: U.S. Image Suffers LINK to NYT Live Former ambassador recounts tense clash she had with Fidel Castro in 1991 by Vicki Huddleston LINK to Eclectica Back to the Baltics … Read more

“US-ROK Strategic Forum 2017” On September 5, 2017, the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted the US-Republic of Korea (ROK) Strategic Forum 2017, to discuss and analyze the key issues facing the alliance. Speakers included Michael Green, Richard Armitage, … Read more

LINK | Army Times Future wars will be long, they’ll be fought on the ground, and spec ops won’t save usby Meghann Myers LINK | Peace Corps Worldwide The forgotten role of the Peace Corps in U.S. foreign policy

Washington Post Worldviews Analysis Turkey’s complicated relationship with the Middle East, explained by one word By Soner Cagaptay and Nick Danforth September 2, 2017 Reprinted by Permission: click here for article.

“The Twilight of the Liberal World Order” In recent years, the liberal world order that has held sway over international affairs for the past seven decades has been fragmenting under the pressure of systemic economic stresses, growing tribalism and nationalism, … Read more

  “Renewing American Strength Abroad” On February 6, 2017, Senator Tom Cotton spoke at the American Enterprise Institute about U.S. defense and foreign policies. He criticized the Obama administration for half-hearted measures and empty promises for renewing American strength in … Read more

  “Confirming Team Trump: Tillerson and Mattis Face Changing Global Dangers” No president, says the author, has faced the welter of challenges awaiting Donald Trump on January 20: “the simultaneous unraveling of the U.S.-led world order; loss of confidence among … Read more

“Does Trump’s Rise Mean Liberalism’s End?” The “Liberal Story” says that if we liberalize and globalize our political and economic systems, we will produce paradise on earth, or at least peace and prosperity for all. This is the paradigm that … Read more

  “Defending Cyberspace” On October 18, 2016, Curtis Dukes of the Natioall Security Agency (NSA) spoke on cybersecurity at the American Enterprise Institute. He discussed the nature of the threats in this domain and identified current and potential cyber opponenets, … Read more

“As Threats Increase, America Needs a Diplomat in Chief” An overview of what the next American president will face: a turbulent Arab world, a missile-rattling North Korean dictator, Putin’s expansive Russia, a more assertive and repressive China, a brutal civil … Read more

  “The Rise of New Nationalism in Russia” In July 2016, Charles Clover, author of Black Wind, White Snow, discussed the rise of what he calls a “new nationalism” in Russia fostered by writers and political leaders who seek to … Read more

“Trump vs. Hillary Is Nationalism vs. Globalism, 2016” Globalists long ago captured the bulk of the nation’s elite institutions—the media, academia, big corporations, big finance, Hollywood, think tanks, NGOs, charitable foundations. So powerful are these institutions that the elites running them assumed … Read more

  “The Impact of U.S. Engagement and Human Rights in Cuba” Cuban pro-democracy activist Antonio Rodiles spoke at the American Enterprise Institute about the impact of President Obama’s engagement with Cuba. He explained that thus far the Cuban government  has … Read more

  “U.S.-India Economic and Financial Relationship” Nathan Sheets, Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs, spoke recently at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about U.S.-India economic and financial relationships, and his vision for a closer partnership between the two countries. http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/04/07/vision-for-u.s.-india-economic-and-financial-partnership/iwcb … Read more