Author Archives: gemmill

Rajan Menon, a Senior Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute and Professor of Political Science at The City College of New York, has written a piece for The National Interest titled “The War Over the ‘Boiko’ Ukraine Peace Proposal.” Read the full article on The National Interest website.

SIWPS Member Alexander Cooley was interviewed today by the New York Times about how Russian actions during the Ukraine crisis have led to a renewed unity and sense of mission at NATO. Watch the video on the New York Times website.

SIWPS Member Jack Snyder argues in a new article that the paradox of 1914 – that all the great powers viewed it a favorable time to go to war –  can be explained by the way in which alliance anxieties and domestic political conditions shaped each great power’s strategic calculations.“Better Now than Later: the Paradox of 1914 as […]

SIWPS Member Austin Long appeared on MSNBC today to discuss the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) towards the U.S. Watch the segment on the MSNBC website.

SIWPS Member Austin Long was quoted in a PolitiFact.com story about what’s driving the split between Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Read the story in it entirety on the PolitiFact.com website.

SIWPS Members Robert Jervis and Austin Long were quoted in a Newsweek story about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to strengthen Russia-Cuba relations.  Published on August 12, the article is titled “Why Russia and Cuba Are Partying Like It’s 1962.” Read it on the Newsweek website.

SIWPS Member Kimberly Marten wrote a piece for the Washington Post on August 7th describing why the U.S. should think twice before providing arms to help the Ukrainian military defeat pro-Russian separatists. “Until the Ukrainian military achieves a higher degree of discipline and cohesion, the U.S. needs to concentrate on helping train those troops, not […]

SIWPS Member Stuart Gottlieb argues in Foreign Affairs today that the European Union’s reluctance to impose strong sanctions on Russia over Ukraine is a direct result of U.S.-supported efforts in the 1990s to foster economic and political integration between Russia and other European states. “Although the original policy [of political and economic integration] was hailed as a way to ensure […]

Former Saltzman Institute Visiting Scholar Michal Onderco is the author of new book titled “Hawks, Doves and ‘Rogues’: Liberal Democracies and the Dilemma of Reponse to Rogue States.” Mr. Onderco is currently a PhD candidate at Vrije University in the Netherlands.  He was a Visiting Scholar at the Saltzman Institute from 2012 to 2013.