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Thinking About Iran
As tensions between the US and Iran ratchet up, and the 2015 nuclear deal increasingly looks like a dead letter, the prospect of war – whether by intention or by accident – is a growing concern. Is there a diplomatic way out of this impasse, or not? Is Iran on its way to becoming a nuclear power,...
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From Counterterrorism to Conventional Threats: The Future of War
For the inaugural session of our new Main Line Briefings, hosted and cosponsored by The Haverford School, we are pleased to feature an in-depth conversation between Drs. Marisa Porges (Head of The Baldwin School) and John Nagl (Headmaster of The Haverford School). By coincidence, the two heads of...
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Oceans Ventured: The Cold War at Sea
Drawing on recently declassified documents, John Lehman tells the untold story of the Cold War at sea -- and why it matters today. John's story is also an FPRI story as he got his start here when he was a grad student at UPENN. When he left FPRI, he went on to serve in many high-ranking…
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Is Israel Losing Its Soul?
On July 19, Israel’s parliament passed a controversial nation-state law. Designed by its proponents to promote Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, it is seen by its critics there and abroad as fundamentally anti-democratic. In this conversation with Barak Mendelsohn, we will explore...
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Ending the Great War
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Why did Germany lose the war? What role did the US play in winning the war? How did the war’s ending lead to an even greater conflict a generation later? To answer these questions and more, we are pleased to feature a…
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Syria between Russia and the US: Is There a Path to Peace?
The war in Syria is reaching a decisive point. As the campaign against ISIL winds down, the battle for influence over the final settlement in Syria is heating up. This larger war—geopolitically more consequential than the campaign against ISIL—is characterized by shifting and sometimes surprising...
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Navigating the Global Financial System amid Terrorist Networks, Arms Smugglers, Sanctions, and Money Laundering
Juan Zarate served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism from 2005 to 2009, and was the first ever Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes. Zarate sits on several boards, including the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority…
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Russia, the EU, and the Lands in Between
As tensions between the West and East mount, FPRI Senior Fellow Mitchell Orenstein will home in on the geopolitical competition between the European Union and Russia over the lands in between. A specialist in European studies and international political economy, Orenstein has consulted for the...
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China's Emerging Role in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond
Toshi Yoshihara, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Before joining CSBA, Toshi Yoshihara held the John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies at the U.S. Naval War College where he taught strategy for over a decade. Yoshihara has testified before the Defense Policy...
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The Return of Marco Polo's World
Robert Kaplan, Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security FPRI is excited to present Robert Kaplan and his newest collection of essays, "The Return of Marco Polo's World," described by General David Petraeus as "a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political,...
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Strait and Narrower?: Beijing’s Flight Paths, Taiwan’s International Space, and Regional Security
Jacques deLisle, Director, Asia Program, FPRI Scott Kastner, University of Maryland, College Park Wojtek Wolfe, Rutgers-Camden University Thomas J. Shattuck, Research Associate, FPRI (Moderator) Last month, China adopted new civilian aircraft flight paths over the Taiwan Strait, near...
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North Korea: What is to be Done?
To comment on the volatile situation on the Korean Peninsula, we are pleased to feature one of the world’s foremost authorities on North Korea. Sue Terry served as a Senior Analyst on Korean issues at the CIA from 2001 to 2008. From 2008 to 2009 she served as director for Korea, Japan and Oceanic...
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The Vietnam War: Beyond Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Documentary
We are pleased to present a panel of Vietnam veterans to discuss the significance of the Vietnam War, both personally and for America's place in the world. The panelists reflected on their own experience in the war and how it shaped their post-war understandings of American politics and foreign...
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American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump
It can be argued that the rise of Donald Trump has created more uncertainty about America’s role in the world than at any time in recent decades. At the same time, the geopolitical challenges to the US have grown in number and in severity. What role should the United States play in the world? In...
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The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World
In his new book, Stewart Patrick says that sovereignty is “one of the most frequently invoked, polemical, and misunderstood concepts in politics.” Some see sovereignty as requiring the avoidance of international attachments while others see preservation of sovereignty in steering global forces in…
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Blood Profits: How American Consumers Unwittingly Fund Terrorists
The illegal trade of everyday counterfeit products -- a $400 billion a year industry -- is a big chunk of what's actually funding terrorist groups around the world, argues FPRI's Vanessa Neumann in her new book Blood Profits. In this talk, Neumann will explain how purchasing illegal goods...
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BookTalk: Stalin, Vol.11: Waiting for Hitler, 1928 -1941
Stephen Kotkin Birkelund Professor in History and International Relations, Princeton University Heralded as the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin and the world he lived in, the first volume of Prof. Kotkin's trilogy recast the way we think about Stalin and the Soviet Union. In this talk on…
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BookTalk: Nexus of Global Jihad: Understanding Cooperation Among Terrorists
Assaf Moghadam, Director of Academic Affairs, International Institute on Counter-Terrorism, IDC Herzliya Barak Mendelsohn, Senior Fellow, FPRI; Assoc. Professor of Political Science, Haverford College Drawing on recently declassified matierals, this discussion will explore how terrorists…
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France: Macron's Balancing Act
Hajnalka Vincze Senior Fellow, FPRI European Foreign and Security Analyst At a crucial moment in European history, France went to the polls and elected the young centrist Emmanuel Macron. How will he deal with opposition from his right and left, with Trump's America, and with the internal and...
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Book Talk: False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East
Half a decade after Arabs across the Middle East poured into the streets to demand change, hopes for democracy have disappeared in a maelstrom of violence and renewed state repression. Egypt remains an authoritarian state; Syria and Yemen are in the midst of devastating civil wars; Libya has...
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Does America Need an Enemy?
Existential enemies have a way of uniting a country. Could America's current state of division be related to the absence of such an enemy? In this talk, FPRI Senior Fellow Dominic Tierney takes an unorthodox look at America and the world, placing our current challenges in a larger historical...
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Briefing on the Situation in North Korea
In cooperation with UPenn's Center for East Asian Studies, the Foreign Policy Research Institute hosted a briefing on the situation in North Korea with Lt. General (Ret) In Bum Chun. Chun served in the South Korean military for over 30 years, rising to several key posts, among them Deputy Chief…
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Is There A U.S. Middle East Policy?
The Middle East is rife with conflict. States appear to be breaking down, and extremism is on the march. Amid the chaos, how is one to define the U.S. national interest, and how to secure it? Trudy Rubin, the authoritative voice of the Philadelphia Inquirer, brings her years of reporting from the...
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Putinomics: The Price of Power in Russia
The Kremlin has managed to deploy power so ruthlessly at home and abroad in part because of its surprising ability to muster economic resources. In this talk, Miller analyzes the secret to Putin’s success.
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The Crucial Connection between China’s Economy and Its Foreign Policy
In the past, concerns raised by China's bad debt bubbles have triggered no alarms, in large part, because of its massive foreign exchange reserves and rapidly growing economy. Now, China's debts are higher than ever, while its reserves have fallen by $1 trillion and its economy slows. How could...
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Does Democracy Matter? The United States and Global Democracy Support
Confidence in the future of democracy has been shaken by the authoritarian resurgence of the past decade, and some now argue that it is not realistic for the US to continue to champion democracy abroad. Does Democracy Matter? provides the conclusions of eleven scholars from widely different...
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The Legacy of the Six Day War And Israel’s Domestic Politics Today
This June we commemorate the Six Day War, a transformative event in the history of the Middle East that ended in Israel’s conquest of an area three-and-a-half times the size of Israel itself. Its effects were felt then and are still felt throughout the region, if not the world. In this talk, Neri...
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Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces
Born as small appendages to the conventional armies of World War II, the Special Operations Forces have grown into a behemoth of 70,000 troops, including Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, Air Force Night Stalkers, Special Operations Marines, Rangers, and Delta Force. Moyar’s book is the first...
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Iraq: Where Do We Go from Here?
Iraq has been at the center of American foreign policy for over a quarter-century. Will it continue to dominate our attention and resources in the coming years as well? If so, how? Just as importantly, why? To answer these questions, we bring together two experts who have had some of the most...
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The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America
As we commemorate the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I, we are pleased to feature Michael Neiberg on his latest book, analyzing how Americans moved from ambivalence toward the war in Europe to belligerence and beyond. He examines the social, political, and financial forces at...
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China's Global Challenges
Once again, China is experiencing a period of major transition. After three decades of dramatic economic growth and reforms, China faces significant economic and political challenges at home while President Xi Jinping looks to refashion China’s place in the world. China is taking a more...
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The US and Asia (Panel 2)
This is Panel 2 of the FPRI Asia Program Conference on US Policy toward East Asia under the Trump Administration. This panel featured Michael R. Auslin (American Enterprise Institute), Shihoko Goto (Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars), Gilbert Rozman (FPRI and Princeton University),...
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The US-China Relationship in Context (Panel 1)
This is Panel 1 of the FPRI Asia Program Conference on US Policy toward East Asia under the Trump Administration. This panel featured Jacques deLisle (FPRI and University of Pennsylvania), Scott Mulhauser (Georgetown University), and June Teufel Dreyer (FPRI and University of Miami), and was...
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The First 100 Days: A New Presidency in Review
As of April 10, 2017, our 45th President, Donald J. Trump will have completed his first 100 days in office. What have these crucial days revealed about the Trump administration? What do they indicate for the next 1361 (or even the next 2822) days? Joining us to discuss these questions and more is...
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Putinomics: The Price of Power in Russia
Putin's government is usually associated with incompetence and corruption. Yet, the Kremlin has managed to deploy power so ruthlessly at home and abroad in part because of its ability to muster economic resources. Miller traces the economic policies that underwrite Russia's expansive foreign…
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A Guide to Geopolitics in the 21st Century
How to understand a world where Russia threatens to break up the post-Cold War order in Europe, while China lays the groundwork for a new order in East Asia, and the entire Middle East is riven with conflict —this is the assignment we’ve given to one of the world’s great geopolitical thinkers,...
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The End of the Asian Century: War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World’s Most Dynamic Region
Slumping economies, political and social turmoil, environmental degradation, demographic crisis, and territorial disputes means that the stability is not to be taken for granted, or so argues AEI scholar Michael Auslin in his new book. This is a book for industry and investors, politicians and...
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The Geopolitics of U.S. Patent Law
In this talk, FPRI's resident technology geek, Lawrence Husick, will examine the history of U.S. patent law, how it contributed to America's technological edge, and how the recent erosion of patent law places that that technological edge in jeopardy. He will conclude with a discussion of the...
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Pakistan, Its Neighbors and the US in Strategic Perspective
General Durrani was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1961 and retired as a major general in 1998. He served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the US from 2006 to 2008, and then as National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2009. He continues to be active in working...
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Fake News and Russian Information Operations
Drawing on two-and-a-half years of closely watching Russia's online influence operations and monitoring some 7,000 social media accounts, Clint Watts tells the disturbing story of the Kremlin's army of trolls and their role in spreading disinformation to undermine trust in Western electoral...
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Preventing North Korea’s Nuclear Breakout
Robert S. Litwak is vice president for scholars and director of international security studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is also a consultant to the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Litwak served on the National Security Council staff as director for...
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Jeremy Black on the Turmoil in Europe
Jeremy Black addresses the turmoil in Europe -- from Brexit to the rise of nationalist parties to Russian machinations in Ukraine. One of our most popular lecturers, Jeremy is the author of over 100 books on military and diplomatic history.
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How Climate Change Erodes Our National Security
In this talk, Admiral Titley will explore the direct and indirect ways that climate change erodes U.S. national security and how the U.S. military plans to mitigate the risks associated with climate change. A professor of meteorology and founding director of the Center for Solutions to Weather…
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Terrorism at Home and Abroad: An Update on the Level of Threat and Possible Responses
Clint Watts, an FPRI Robert A. Fox Fellow, is a widely-consulted expert on radicalization, counter-radicalization, and the use of social media by terrorists and other criminal elements. A former FBI Special Agent, Watts is a regular on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and has recently testified on Capitol…
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The Bre-volving Door: Brexit, British Politics, and the Future of the United Kingdom
On 23 June, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. The majority for “Brexit” (52% to 48%) surprised observers on both sides, and exposed geographical and generational divides in British society. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain, while Wales and England, voted to leave;...
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The Future of Taiwan
On May 20, Taiwan inaugurated a new president, Tsai Ing-wen, who has been described as the most powerful woman in the Chinese-speaking world. It was a historic election not just because Taiwan elected its first female president but because the opposition, the Democratic Progressive Party, won…
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Cyber War: What It Will Look Like
In this briefing, FPRI Senior Fellow Paul Springer assessed the cyber capabilities of the United States and its peer competitors within the cyber domain, and contrast cyber war with cyber terrorism, cyber crime, cyber espionage, while offering insight into the likely future uses of capabilities...
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The Question of Identity in the Mideast
How do an Iraqi comic, an Algerian military recruitment video, and a musical sketch from the American TV show "Schoolhouse Rock" illuminate the defining challenge of Arab politics for a generation to come? From radicalism to reform, from post-colonial states to newly-minted caliphates – the…
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The Rebalance within Asia: The Challenges Ahead for Japan in a New Regional Order
Japan remains the world’s third-largest economy, but its political clout has not matched its economic status. At the same time, China’s rapid militarization and growing political aspirations, North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, and heightening economic rivalries and growing nationalism in East Asia...
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The Coming Illiberal Order
Amid growing evidence that the world is experiencing a resurgence of authoritarianism, FPRI Senior Fellow Michael Boyle argues that the challenge is actually two-fold: there is the challenge to democracy in individual countries but there is also a larger challenge to the international order…
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