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January 15, 2009

United States
An Update on “Why is the United States backing Mexican drug gangs?”

Since I published a short article on the drug war in Mexico on Tuesday (and re-published it in a posting below) I’ve received a number of responses and questions related to gun shops on the border a…

An Update on “Why is the United States backing Mexican drug gangs?”

August 23, 2016

Military Operations
The Pentagon Plans for Autonomous Systems

Today, the Defense Science Board (DSB) released a long-awaited study, simply titled Autonomy. Since the late 1950s, the DSB has consistently been at the forefront of investigating and providing polic…

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February 16, 2005

Middle East and North Africa
MIDDLE EAST: The Assassination of Sheik Yassin

This publication is now archived. What’s the likely impact of the assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin?Experts say the March 22 killing of Yassin, the founder of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas…

April 27, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
How to Understand Our Policy in Syria

The last few days have produced a series of important quotations regarding Obama foreign policy. The final line in Ryan Lizza’s New Yorker article on Obama is tops: “One of his advisers described th…

September 24, 2018

Monetary Policy
Ten Years On: The Legacy and Lessons of the Financial Crisis

Panelists examine the lessons learned and the continuing legacy of the global financial crisis.

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