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CSWMD Case Study Series 5
Since its inception in 1994, the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD Center) h
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Potential for Normal Political Relations Between the United States and Iran Following Presidential Elections in Each Country
With Presidential elections in both the United States and Iran occurring within eight months of eac
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Special Operations Forces Requirements for Africa Command
Africa holds growing geo-strategic importance and is a high priority of this Administration. It is
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A National Security Strategy for Sweden
National security strategies should entail all instruments of power and not just the military. Furt
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Korea and U.S. Security Strategy
The purpose of this paper is to examine the US security strategy in Northeast Asia in the post-Kore
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Strategic Communication and Public Affairs
Public Affairs and Strategic Communication are becoming increasingly more important in today's info
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The Fallacy of the Shiite Crescent and Arab Unity
Ever since King Abdullah II of Jordan quipped that the Middle East may soon see a Shiite Crescent s
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Unraveling the Persian Knot
In 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini's indirect approach ignited existing socio-economic conditions during th
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Turkey and Iran
Appraises the factors affecting the power potential of Turkey and Iran in international affairs, wi
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International Relations in a Multipolar Middle East
This volume explores the international relations of today's Middle East, a region that has become i
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India as a Responsible Nuclear Power
"After the tests of 1998, India has merely moved sideways from existential to minimum deterrence. F
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Industrial Policy in Turkey
At a time when many advanced and emerging economies are adopting more active industrial policies, t
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Spatial Politics in Istanbul
Over the past decade, the AKP, under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has decisively turned
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Leveraging U.S. Intelligence to Defeat Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization
According to the Mexican daily newspaper Reforma, in 2009 there were 6,567 drug-related homicides i
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US-China Military Engagement in the 21st Century
This research paper examines the current framework of military engagement between the US and China
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Economic Sanctions
Economic sanctions are a form of non-violent warfare that has been used more frequently over the pa
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Failing and Failed States
Since the end of the Cold War, Global security has been threatened more by weak nations than by dom
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NATO Relations With Ukraine
The two fold purpose of the paper is to discuss the reasons for the current status of relations wit
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INSS China Strategic Perspectives 4
The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) is National Defense University's (NDU's) dedica
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Interpreting Chinese Cyber Attacks of 2007
Cyberspace is rapidly gaining acceptance in the US defense community as a warfighting domain on par
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Assessing the Capabilities and Limitations of Counter-Proliferation Operations Utilizing Remote Radiation Detection Devices
A subject of national importance that poses a major security challenge for the United States and it
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Ignoring the Present
Combat is no longer an idea of massed armies marching off to face a fielded foe. This conclusion ca
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Evolution of China's Nuclear Capability
The strategic arms control process to reduce nuclear weapons and contain the proliferation of weapo
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Tactical Nuclear Weapons and NATO
NATO has been a "nuclear" alliance since its inception. Nuclear weapons have served the dual purpos
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Security in Afghanistan the Key First Ingredient to Building Peace in a "Failed State"
Operations in Afghanistan began less than 1-month after the horrific events of 11 September 2001. A
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The Mechanism for Strategic Coercion
In the post-cold war environment of shrinking budgets and uncertain threats, America can no longer
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Guantanamo Bay
This paper compares the costs of detention operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba against the benefits
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Toward a More Perfect Union
The international security environment is transforming in the aftermath of the Cold War. Leveraging
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Nuclear Iran
"Iran will have nuclear weapons. Diplomatically, the United States is unable to stop it. Economical
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From Islands to Networks
From Islands to Networks A Blueprint for a Comprehensive US Security Strategy in the Asia-Pacific R
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Denting the Hub, or Strengthening the Spokes?
In March 2007, Japan and Australia signed a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JADSC)--Japa
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The Strategic Implications of Culture
In this paper, the author used Mary Douglas' group/grid typology model for framing culture to descr
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Is the United Nation's Current Policy in Iraq Effective? Evaluation of Economic Sanctions and the Oil-for-Food Program
The United Nations policy toward Iraq, consisting of economic sanctions and what has come to be kno
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INSS Strategic Perspectives 1
The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) is National Defense University's (NDU's) dedica
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Winning the Firefight is not Enough
This monograph establishes a theoretical foundation for stability operations doctrine. It defines a
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The Wings of the Dragon
This analysis assesses the state of capability within the PLA Air Force, both at present and also b
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Full Steam Ahead
This research paper analyzes the international political factors associated with deploying a ballis
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When Will We Listen?
The purpose of this paper is to determine if there were indicators of the invasion of Kuwait by Ira
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The Domestic Economy and Post 9/11 National Security
The American domestic economy is the backbone of US national strength. It funds the national instru
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Mapro
The Mass Atrocity Prevention and Response Options (MAPRO) Policy Planning Handbook is a collaborati
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Promoting Japan and South Korea's Role in East Asian Security
The State Partnership Program, a National Guard supported initiative, is one of the many Theater Se
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Reluctant Remilitarisation
While armed forces in several countries underwent deep transformations after the end of the Cold Wa
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Defeating a Genocide
"Using the Rwandan genocide as a backdrop, this paper will show how genocide intervention requires
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US Power Dominance in the 21st Century
This study comprises an analysis on why the United States will remain the world's pre-eminent super
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Post-Cold War American Foreign Policy
This study assesses American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. As the world's sole supe
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Focus Targeting in a COIN Environment
Senior military leaders in Afghanistan recognize that there is a systemic problem in how our intell
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Preparing for the Inevitable
Many lessons from the Multinational Force and Observer (MFO) mission to the Sinai and the Multinati
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Hard Power and Soft Power
Power is one of the more contestable concepts in political theory. In recent decades, scholars and