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Great Britain, license to kill: The geopolitics of James Bond

November 30, 2012

What role should a post-imperial Britain play in the world? This question has dogged us since at least 1962, when the former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson made his infamous remark. Arguably, though, the new Bond film has an answer: Our role is to kill bad guys competently and with style. Throughout Skyfall, it […]

History is more complex than the Iran debate allows

October 23, 2012

Whenever I have written about Iran, I have looked at the problems of numerous policies to deal with the country, rarely offering my own suggestions for solving the Iran problem. There are two reasons for this, one of which is that it is ridiculously complex and no one can really come up with what I […]

Steven Metz: Islamophobia and the crumbling of American strategy

February 7, 2011

Although I don’t agree with the conclusions, this guest post by Dr. Steven Metz is an excellent critique of American grand strategy since September 11th and the corrosive effects which Islamophobia has had. He is the author of more than a hundred publications on future war, the emerging security environment, military strategy, defense policy, international […]

The best dialogue on international relations since Thucydides?

July 25, 2010

(In three parts)

Sean Trend: Tourism and strategy in the Cold War

July 24, 2010

A guest post by Sean Trend looking at the co-opting of tourism for strategic purposes during the Cold War by the West.

Browsing All Posts filed under »communism«

Great Britain, license to kill: The geopolitics of James Bond

History is more complex than the Iran debate allows

Steven Metz: Islamophobia and the crumbling of American strategy

The best dialogue on international relations since Thucydides?

Sean Trend: Tourism and strategy in the Cold War

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