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Summarizing Trump: FOREIGN POLICY
“Foreign policy will be singularly focused on Making America Safe Again by destroying radical Islamic terrorist groups. End the nuclear deal with Iran and the ransom payments to the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism. America will stand with … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, International Relations, Terrorism Studies
Tagged defense budget, donald, foreign policy, iran, iraq, islamism, islamist, israel, middle east, national security, Non-intervention, palestine, potus, president elect, President Trump, Syria, terrorism, the donald, war
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Q&A w/Michael Scheuer on American Isolationism & Refugee Response
Michael F. Scheuer is an American academic, author, historian, foreign policy critic, and political analyst. He is a retired Intelligence Officer whose more than 20-year career included serving as the Chief of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s Bin Laden Unit … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Terrorism Studies
Tagged #IS, cia, DAESH, intelligence, iraq, ISIL, ISIS, michael scheuer, osama bin laden, Paris, refugee, refugees, Syria, terrorism
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American Sniper’s Socio-Cultural War
by Sundar J.M. Brown I recently enjoyed (mostly, because Hedges is a talented writer) reading through Chris Hedges’ piece on the popular film, American Sniper , and I do recognize, and favor, the peace-building posture Hedges is both writing from … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, International Relations, Terrorism Studies
Tagged 9/11, american sniper, chris kyle, Christian, clint eastwood, combat, conflict, iraq, islam, military, movie, muslim, peace, sacrifice, saddam hussein, SEAL, sniper, terrorism, us navy, us navy seal, us navy seals, veteran, war
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The Inevitability of Foreign Entanglements
by George Friedman The Fourth of July weekend gave me time to consider events in Iraq and Ukraine, U.S.-German relations and the Mexican borderland and immigration. I did so in the context of the founding of the United States, asking … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Analysis, International Relations
Tagged Algiers, america, Atlantic Ocean, blockade, Britain, Canada, colonies, economics, England, entanglements, europe, foreign, foreign policy, France, French and Indian War, French Revolution, GDP, geopolitics, George Friedman, Geroge Washington, iraq, isolation, isolationism, libya, Louisiana Purchase, middle east, Monroe Doctrine, Morocco, Napoleon, navy, Ottoman Empire, Politics, President, Revolutionary War, Seven Years War, strategy, Stratfor, Thomas Jefferson, trade routes, Tripoli, Tunis, UK, Ukraine, united states, war, War of 1812, Washington, withdrawal, Yorktown
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Quick Thoughts on The Islamic State: Terrorists or Future Political Legitimates?
by Sundar J.M. Brown Terrorism is very difficult to define, even for those of us who work professionally in terrorism/counter-terrorism studies. IS (the artist formerly known as ISIS/L) is a rather exceptional and attractive case-study for contemporary academics, because, what … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Analysis, Terrorism Studies
Tagged #IS, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, afghan, Afghanistan, iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Just War, mujahideen, Political legitimacy, Revolution, Revolutionary War, Syria, taliban, terrorism, The Islamic State, The Islamic State of Iraq & Levant, The Islamic State of Iraq & Syria, The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, This is the Promise of Allah
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