Principal investigators Robert Jervis and Gregory Mitrovich have embarked on a three-year, multi-disciplinary study combining historical examination, political science methodology, and computer aided text analysis to assess the role social and cultural norms—i.e, soft power—will play in advancing the national security interests of the United States and China in the 21 st century. They seek […]
Institute member Stuart Gottlieb wrote a letter to the editor in The New York Times regarding media characterizations of terrorists. In the letter, he argues that not all terrorists are misfits and social outcasts, despite media portrayals. Read the full letter here.
Associate Research Scholar Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain published an article in The National Interest regarding military tactics in Syria. Read the full article here.
Senior Research Scholar Jason Healey recently hosted the first annual ‘State of the Field Conference for Cyber Conflict’ at SIPA on June 16-17, 2016. The two-day event brought together diverse perspectives from more than forty academics, professionals, and practitioners to discuss the overall state of research on cyber conflict, and ways to mitigate industry knowledge […]
Institute affiliate, Kimberly Marten, published an article in the Washington Post in which she discusses the political effect of Russia’s Olympic ban. You can read her article here
SIWPS senior research scholar and cyber expert Jason Healey appeared on CBS to discuss NATO’s recent determination that ‘cyber” is the fifth operational domain of warfare. The segment can be viewed here.
Institute member Stuart Gottlieb published an article in The National Interest regarding the shootings in Orlando. Read the full article here.
To many observers, referring to Ukraine as a possible buffer zone reeks of retrograde Realpolitik. To echo German Chancellor Angela Merke’s put-down of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s geopolitical mindset, power politics seems “so 20th Century.” Foreign policies based on the balance of power, great powers’ claims to special rights over weaker neighbors, and buffer […]
In this Saltzman Working Paper, “Merging Competing Militaries After Civil Wars,” Institute Affiliate Roy Lidicker examines the process of military integration after civil wars, asking (1) when is military integration more or less likely to succeed, (2) what strategies work under what circumstances, and (3) has successful integration made the resumption of civil war less […]
Institute member Stuart Gottlieb published an article in The National Interest in which he discusses how the next administration should approach the monumental challenge of uprooting terrorism. Gottlieb outlines three key steps. “First, it will need to separate fact from fiction about the nature and purpose of the global terrorist movements. Then it should look […]
