THE SCHOLAR

Rethinking the Relationship Between Democracy and Terrorism

Posted by Managingeditor on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 01:42 in Middle East, THE SCHOLAR

By Steve Stoddard
Vol. XIX, no. 1: Spring/Summer 2010

The promotion of democracy throughout the world has always been touted as a core American value dating back to the country’s origins, but following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, this value has develo

Looking for Problems, not Solutions: Proposing a Risk Assessment Unit In Shaping Foreign Policy

Posted by Managingeditor on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 23:10 in THE SCHOLAR

By Dr. Yoav J. Tenembaum
Guest Writer
July 12, 2010

Why is it that financial institutions and insurance companies have risk assessment specialists while Presidents and Prime Ministers do not?

THE SCHOLAR: Why Yemen is Not on the Verge of Collapse

Posted by Webeditor on Mon, 04/12/2010 - 14:02 in Middle East, Security Policy, THE SCHOLAR

Ibrahim Sharqieh
April 11, 2010

The Al-Houthis war in the North, the secessionist movement in the South, and Al-Qaeda cells in throughout the country are not new problems to Yemen.

COUNTERPOINT: When Questioning the U.S. Military is Wrong

Posted by Webeditor on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 23:57 in Security Policy, THE SCHOLAR

By Anonymous
March 7, 2010

In the recent International Affairs Review article “The Scholar: When Questioning the US Military is Right,” Dr.

THE SCHOLAR: When Questioning the U.S. Military Is Right

Posted by Webeditor on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 01:38 in Security Policy, THE SCHOLAR

By Thomas E. Griffith
Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs
January 31, 2010

President Obama’s speech on Afghanistan on December 1st, has settled, for the moment, the debate over the role of the United States in that troubled nation.