The US midterms have drawn global attention because of their potential to affect the remainder of President Joe Biden’s term in office, and his relationships with the rest of the world. Because of the type of Republicans who have been elected and their smaller than...
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Is the global decline in democracy linked to social media?
by Stephan Lewandowsky and Lisa Oswald et al. | Nov 7, 2022 | War and Peace
Here are two common ways of thinking about democracy in the online era. First, the internet is a liberation technologyand will usher in an era of global democracy. Second, you can have social media or democracy, but not both. Which is more correct? There is no doubt...
Climate Change and the Threat to Civilization
by Daniel Steel, C. Tyler DesRoches, and Kian Mintz-Woo | Oct 6, 2022 | War and Peace
The US midterms have drawn global attention because of their potential to affect the remainder of President Joe Biden’s term in office, and his relationships with the rest of the world. Because of the type of Republicans who have been elected and their smaller than...
What are tactical nuclear weapons? An international security expert explains and assesses what they mean for the war in Ukraine
by Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, PhD | Sep 28, 2022 | War and Peace
Tactical nuclear weapons have burst onto the international stage as Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing battlefield losses in eastern Ukraine, has threatened that Russia will “make use of all weapon systems available to us” if Russia’s territorial integrity is...
Compound Containment: A Reigning Power’s Military-Economic Countermeasures against a Challenging Power
by Dong Jung Kim | Apr 18, 2022 | War and Peace
The US midterms have drawn global attention because of their potential to affect the remainder of President Joe Biden’s term in office, and his relationships with the rest of the world. Because of the type of Republicans who have been elected and their smaller than...
The Nexus Between Security Sector Governance/Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16: An Examination of Conceptual Linkages and Policy Recommendations
by Oya Dursun-Özkanca, PhD | Jun 23, 2021 | War and Peace
The US midterms have drawn global attention because of their potential to affect the remainder of President Joe Biden’s term in office, and his relationships with the rest of the world. Because of the type of Republicans who have been elected and their smaller than...
Protest Is Not Enough to Topple A Dictator: The Army Must Also Turn
by Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, PhD | Jul 31, 2019 | War and Peace
What does it take to overthrow a dictator? Reflecting on this question in exile, Leon Trotsky wrote in History of the Russian Revolution (1930): There is no doubt that the fate of every revolution at a certain point is decided by a break in the disposition of the army...