Origins and Evolution of Zionism - Foreign Policy Research Institute
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A Framework for Ethical Decision Making
In April 2015, the Foreign Policy Research Institute presented its Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute on Ethical Dilemmas in American Warfare hosted by the First Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, IL. Covering such topics as the Dilemmas of Civil Liberties and State Security; the ethics of emergent types of warfare (Drones, Cyberattacks, and Future …
Understanding Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Foreign Policy …
Feb 24, 2022 · Russian Aggression in Ukraine & Russian Defense Analysis Moscow’s Mind Games: Finding Ideology in Putin’s Russia – February 2023; The Confrontation with Russia and US Grand Strategy – February 2023; Tanks a Lot (Well, Actually Not That Many for Ukraine) – February 2023 Wagner Group Redefined: Threats and Responses – January 2023 ‘Let’s Make …
Foreign Policy Research Institute - International Policy Think Tank
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The Role of the Director of National Intelligence as ‘Head’ of the ...
Sep 13, 2019 · In recent weeks, there has been controversy over who President Donald Trump would nominate as the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) after the resignation of Dan Coats. This discussion makes it an appropriate time to ask some questions: How influential is this position? Is it something truly worth being concerned about?
Why the United States Went to War in Vietnam
Why did the U.S. go to war in Vietnam? This is a question historians continue to debate. One of the main reasons it remains a source of argument is that it is difficult to say when the U.S. war actually began. Should we trace it back to the 1940s when President Harry Truman authorized U.S. financial support of the French war in Indochina? Did it begin in the 1950s when the …
America’s Critical Strategic Vulnerability: Rare Earth Elements
Jun 22, 2021 · The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) dominance over global critical mineral supply chains presents one of the largest strategic vulnerabilities to the United States and her allies since the Arab oil embargo-triggered energy security crisis of the 1970s. The embargo, which coincided with dwindling U.S. reserves and a devaluation of the dollar, brought …
Five Years of War in the Donbas - Foreign Policy Research Institute
Oct 24, 2019 · The war in the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas has killed over 13,000 people, displaced millions, and led to the worst rupture in relations between the Russian Federation and the West since the end of the Cold War. The war was caused by inherent cleavages in Ukrainian society, combined with clumsy and self-interested intervention by …
Russia’s Intervention in Syria: Historical and Geopolitical Context
Sep 15, 2020 · This report is a part of FPRI’s edited volume Russia’s War in Syria: Assessing Russian Military Capabilities and Lessons Learned. “I t’s your turn, doctor.” Those words, scrawled on a wall by teenagers in the southern Syrian city of Der’a in March 2011, were the harbingers of what has become the bloodiest war started in the 21st century.
Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2024?
Dec 19, 2023 · Editor’s Note: This article is the sixth annual “Trends in Terrorism” essay from global counterterrorism expert and FPRI non-resident Senior Fellow Colin Clarke.. On the morning of October 7, Hamas terrorists breached the border fence between Gaza and Israel under the cover of a withering rocket barrage.