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Precision Lethality and Civilian Harm Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Future of Warfighting

Foreign Policy Essay

Dangers of Deploying the Military on U.S. Soil

And for the Middle East, a Cold War of its Own

Afshon Ostovar

Jan 24, 2016

In the wake of Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr's execution, Afshon Ostovar examines the growing sectarian rift in the Middle East and options for mitigating the outbreak of conflict.
Originalism and the Executive

Neil Kinkopf

Jan 19, 2016

PDF version A review of Saikrishna Prakash's Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive (Yale, 2015).
Is Time Really on China's Side? What the Economic Slowdown Means for Future Chinese Power

John Lee

Jan 17, 2016

Editor's Note: Official estimates and popular discourse portray China as an emerging colussus whose ever-expanding economy will make it the dominant power in Asia and a peer competitor to the United Stat...