E-Notes

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Russia Resurgent: An Initial Look at Russian Military Performance In Georgia, Felix K. Chang, 8/2008
The Beijing Olympics Narrative, Monroe Price, 8/2008
The History and Future of Suicide Terrorism, Michael Horowitz, 8/2008
Electoral Foundations of Japan’s Foreign Policy Choices, Jun Saito, 8/2008
American Asia Policy and the American Election, Lowell Dittmer, 7/2008
Maintaining the American Strategic Advantage, Bruce Berkowitz, 7/2008
Elections in the Republic of Korea: Foreign Policy Alternatives Under New Leadership, David I. Steinberg, 6/2008
Roles, Missions, and Equipment: Military Lessons from Experience in this Decade, Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., 6/2008
Preaching Jihad on Welfare: The Story of Abu Qatada, Michael Radu, 6/2008
Elections, Political Transitions And Foreign Policy In East Asia: a Conference Report, Jacques deLisle (rapporteur), 6/2008
The Future of Globalization: A Transatlantic Perspective, Harold James, 6/2008
Technological Innovation and National Security, Paul Bracken, 6/2008
Taiwan under President Ma Ying-jeou, Jacques deLisle, 6/2008
Taiwan under President Ma Ying-jeou (full-length), Jacques deLisle, 6/2008
The Zimbabwe Elections, Garrett Jones, 6/2008
Some European Perspectives on Terrorism, Michael Burleigh, 5/2008
China: A Partner or Adversary?, Richard Baum, 5/2008
Chinese Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transition Abroad, Suisheng Zhao, 5/10/2008
The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace, Aaron David Miller, 5/2008
The Democratic Prospect in East Asia, Carl Gershman, 5/2008
Los Zetas: the Ruthless Army Spawned by a Mexican Drug Cartel, George W. Grayson, 5/2008
Robert Kaplan on the New Balance of Power, Trudy Kuehner (reporter), 4/2008
An Israeli View of the Iranian Nuclear Challenge, Efraim Inbar, 4/2008
Kosovo: The Revenge of CNN and the Politics of Emotion, Michael Radu, 4/2008
Victory for Colombia, Theater in Caracas, Michael Radu, 3/25/2008
The Revolution Will be Brought to You by Text Messaging, Garrett Jones, 3/2008
Dissent and Strategic Leadership of the Military Professions, Don M. Snider, 2/2008
Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism, George Weigel, 2/4/2008
Kenya Update, Garrett Jones, 2/7/2008
Bush, the Nudge-in-Chief, Harvey Sicherman, 1/2008
Americanism vs. Islamism: A Personal Perspective, Zuhdi Jasser, 1/2008
Kind of Blue?: Implications of Taiwan’s 2008 Elections, Jacques deLisle, 1/2008
Policy Disruption by NIE, Edward A. Turzanski, 1/2008
America’s “Long War(s)”, Mackubin Thomas Owens, 1/2008
Mind the Gap: Post-Iraq Civil-Military Relations in America, Michael P. Noonan, 1/2008
Understanding Kenya, Garrett Jones, 1/2008

Democratic Transitions: Case Studies from Asia, Tom Ginsburg, 12/2007
Iran, Russia, and the Bomb, Rens Lee, 12/2007
Annapolis: Three-Ring Diplomacy, Harvey Sicherman, 12/2007
After the Surge: The Only Iraq Worth Fighting For, Keith W. Mines, 12/2007
Protecting Critical Infrastructure, Stephen Gale, 11/2007
Dereliction of Duty Redux?, Frank G. Hoffman, 11/2007
The Hon. Ike Skelton on Civil-Military Relations, Ike Skelton, 11/2007
The Space Age That Never Arrived: A Meditation on the 50th Anniversary of Sputnik 1, Walter A. McDougall, 11/2007
The Marines: Premier Expeditionary Warriors, Frank Hoffman, 11/2007
Cicero and Tacitus on Empire: The Roman Tradition and American Conceptions of Foreign Policy, E. Christian Kopff, 10/2007
China Rising: Assessing China’s Economic And Military Power, Jacques deLisle, 10/2007
How Iran Could Help End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Robert Zelnick, 9/2007
Iraq and the "Metrics" System, Michael P. Noonan, 9/2007
Financial Warfare, Paul Bracken, 9/2007
Struggle in the Sandbox: Western Sahara and the “International Community”, Michael Radu, 9/2007
Mexico and the Drug Cartels, George W. Grayson, 8/2007
Charm Offensive: How China’s Soft Power Is Transforming the World, Joshua Kurlantzick, 8/2007
Assessing China’s Economic Rise: Strengths, Weaknesses and Implications, Albert Keidel, 7/2007
Endgame for Palestine, Harvey Sicherman, 7/2007
Will “Europe” Survive the 21st Century?, Walter McDougall, 7/2007
The Truth About Syria, Barry Rubin, 6/2007
Colombia: Trade, Drugs, and the U.S. Congress, Steve Salisbury, 5/2007
Castro’s Corn: Petroleum and Globalization, Irving Louis Horowitz, 5/2007
The Relevance of France’s Presidential Election, Jean-Loup Archawski, 5/8/2007
French Elections: Revolutionary Conservatives vs. Reactionary Progressives, Michael Radu, 5/7/2007
Ten Counterinsurgency Commandments from Afghanistan, Greg Mills, 4/2007
Reclaiming Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Joerg Forbrig and Pavol Demes, 4/2007
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: Emergency Preparedness Five Years after 9/11, James F. Powers, Jr., 3/2007
The Dangers of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, Michael Radu, 3/2007
The Status of U.S. Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, Clark Kent Ervin, 3/2007
Unconventional Approaches to Diplomatic Theory, Garrett Jones, 3/2007
A Strategic Rationale for Land Force Expansion, Frank G. Hoffman, 3/2007
Russia under Putin: Toward Democracy or Dictatorship? Stephen Kotkin, 3/2007
Five Years After 9/11: What Needs to be Done? Lowell E. (Jake) Jacoby, 2/2007
Into Africa: China’s Quest For Resources And Influence, Jacques deLisle, 2/2007
Saddam Hussein: Stalin on the Tigris, Harvey Sicherman, 2/2007
What’s Next in Somalia? Garrett Jones, 1/2007
Iraq Endgame, Harvey Sicherman, 1/2007
Counterterrorism: The Roles of Federal, State and Local Agencies, Edward A. Turzankski, 1/2007
Benjamin Franklin and the Traditions of American Diplomacy, Harvey Sicherman, 1/4/2007
Assessing the Long War, Frank G. Hoffman, 1/4/2007
Free Trade Areas: Legal Aspects and the Politics of U.S., PRC, and Taiwan Participation, Jacques deLisle, 1/2007

For E-Notes from 2006 and earlier, please see the Past E-Notes archive.