By: Glen Johnson In his first real adumbration of a policy trajectory for his upcoming third presidential term, PM Putin wrote in Tuesday’s Izvestiya of plans for a Eurasian Union. The proposed union goes beyond economics, entailing “a close integration based on new values and economic and political foundation…” The plan, combined with Putin’s past … Continue reading
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Freedom Plaza Demonstrations?
By: Fred Ferreira I honestly do not know how to name the movement that is going on yesterday and today at Freedom Plaza, a few blocks way from the office. Their signs often present different worldviews and the people there are not very different from the crowd you normally see at the streets of DC … Continue reading
Pakistan’s Link to the Haqqani Network and the U.S. Response
By: Joshua Plaschkes The recent assertion by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, that the Pakistani Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) agency is directly linked to the Haqqani network’s attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, and the truck bomb at a NATO outpost in the south of Kabul, is a truly … Continue reading
The Fat Tax: How Much is Too Much?
By: Ryan Holland A recent blog post in the Washington Post discussed the potential of Denmark’s new fat tax. The tax is about $6 per pound of saturated fat- the stuff of butter, red meat, cream, cheese, basically anything that’s deliciously greasy. Certainly the tax will bring in some much-needed revenue, but will it actually … Continue reading
The Conflict Over the Palestinian’s U.N. Proposal for Statehood
By: Joshua Plaschkes Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas’s United Nations (U.N.) proposal for the creation of a Palestinian state has brought the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back into the spotlight. All sides agree that the Palestinians should have a state of their own, one that lives side-by-side with Israel in peace, but the issues that have remained so … Continue reading
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In Hindsight….
By: Conor O’Malley As a health care policy intern, I have been looking for connections to the area I am working in and the classes I am taking. Coincidentally, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a topic that sparked my interest, and thought I could take the time to share with you today. It … Continue reading
Will The “War on Drugs” Ever End?
By: Quinn Daly Former President Nixon declared the infamous “War on Drugs” on June 17, 1971. Forty years and billions of dollars later, the United States is still fighting in both Colombia and Mexico. Recent news has only underscored the failings of the war effort to halt the flow of harmful narcotics into the United … Continue reading
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Vaclav Klaus: Prophet or Lunatic?
By: Savanna Shuntich Last week Vaclav Klaus, current president of the Czech Republic, gave a talk at the Heritage Foundation. Klaus is a well-known euro-skeptic, so it was not surprising that his talk was wholly dedicated to criticizing the European Union. But I must admit, his view of Europe’s future was much darker than I … Continue reading
Post-Imperium and the Future of Russia
By: Glen Johnson Yesterday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, noted Russian scholar Dmitry Trenin gave a talk to promote his newest book Post-Imperium: A Eurasian Story, as well as offer his thoughts on the current news coming out of Moscow. He spoke of the “Putin model,” which he aptly characterizes as a state/society … Continue reading
Publishing in International Relations
By: Mikel Kotonika Be it an add-on to a resume or a passion worth pursuing: writing pays off. With increasing expectations in today’s technological age for individuals to create their own “brand” – the importance of sound writing skills are critical. For college students and young professionals in the vast field of international relations, these … Continue reading
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