Rebecca Myshrall examines how President Donald J. Trump’s first administration marked a significant shift in the US stance toward the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with unprecedented criticism focused on the financial contributions of European allies. Myshrall summarizes the historical context of NATO’s formation and evolution of the US perspectives on it. Myshrall then documents… Continue reading Trump and NATO: Will NATO Survive Under a Second Trump Administration?
Category: Defense Policy
The Legitimacy of Drone Warfare: Evaluating Public Perceptions
In this book review of Paul Lushenko and Shyam Raman’s The Legitimacy of Drone Warfare: Evaluating Public Perceptions, Joseph Chapa examines how the authors purport to do four things: 1) deliver empirically verifiable differences in how citizens of various countries perceive the legitimacy of drone warfare (in this case, the US and France); 2) offer… Continue reading The Legitimacy of Drone Warfare: Evaluating Public Perceptions
One China Reality Check: The Manipulation of Risk and the Myth of Strategic Ambiguity
Benjamin W. Haight explores the intricate dynamics of US-China relations, particularly focusing on the contentious issue of Taiwan. Drawing on historical perspectives from Carl von Clausewitz and Thomas Schelling, Haight delves into the concept of risk as a policy instrument, originally framed in the context of nuclear deterrence but now highly relevant to the modern… Continue reading One China Reality Check: The Manipulation of Risk and the Myth of Strategic Ambiguity