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Virtual Threats in the Real World: The Challenge of Cyberspace

By Derek Reveron

Within just the last decade, people have become as dependent on the virtual world for their daily activities as they are dependent on the physical world for human activities. Consider the implications for yourself when the network is down, cell phone calls are dropped, or a virus crashes your network.

Republic vs. Burqua: The French Revolution Lives On

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

When Henry Kissinger asked then-Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai for his assessment of the French Revolution, the Chinese leader reportedly responded, “It is too early to tell.”

The Next Four Years in American Defense

By Derek Reveron

After too many leaks, the Defense Department released its quadrennial defense review (QDR). Congress mandates a periodic strategic review of the national defense strategy, force structure, force modernization plans, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense program and policies of the United States.

Afghanistan and U.S.-Pakistan Relations

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

All the talk is how to end the Afghan war, not how to win it. Until recently, powers that be in Washington were proselytizing about the need for a long-term commitment – five to 10 years if necessary – to defeat the Taliban.

Testing the BRICs: Key to World Order

By Robert Manning

Are the BRICs and other emerging powers of the G-20 ready for Prime Time? To a considerable degree, global stability and prosperity over the coming decades may depend on the answer to that question.

Defense Spending and the Federal Budget Freeze

By Don Snow

Two Earthquakes and a Near-Miss Bombing Signal a Challenging 2010

By Kurt Volker

After the Massachusetts Senate vote, the Obama Administration must focus resolutely on jobs in the U.S. economy.  But in 2010, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Iraq, and global terrorism each could explode into a major foreign policy crisis, the handling of which could shape his legacy as President.

Justice in Bangladesh after 34 Years

By Zafar Sobhan

Bangladesh’s long national nightmare is finally over. Not entirely over, of course. There are still six convicted killers absconding beyond the reach of the law, and there remain, and perhaps always will remain, unanswered questions about that dark night in Bangladeshi history and its aftermath.

Davos 2010: No Agreement on Bank Regulation

By James Joyner

French president Nicolas Sarkozy opened up the World Economic Forum with a call for tighter regulation of business, including executive pay limits and new accounting rules.

India and Pakistan are Nuclear States—Let’s Make it Official

By Luv Puri

In May 1998, surprise nuclear tests by India and Pakistan transformed regional strategic calculations and added a dangerous new dimension to tensions between the two. According to Taylor Branch, writing in The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, Indian officials who spoke with Bill Clinton were fully aware of the potential devastation a clash […]