Policy Papers
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Shared Environmental Concerns between India and Pakistan
Ahmad Rafay Alam Sanjay UpadhyayThis paper is a unique opportunity to examine the environmental challenges of India and Pakistan, the two neighboring nations perhaps most importan... -
The Lesson of the Surge
Defeating ISIS Requires a New Sunni Awakening
Derek Harvey Michael PregentAs the United States considers its options against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), we should start by reviewing our earlier war against... -
Strategic Empathy
The Afghanistan intervention shows why the U.S. must empathize with its adversaries
Matt WaldmanAs the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, it leaves violence and uncertainty in its wake. The election of a new Afghan president gives some ... -
Do NSA's Bulk Surveillance Programs Stop Terrorists?
On June 5, 2013, the Guardian broke the first story in what would become a flood of revelations regarding the extent and nature of the NSA’s survei... -
Talking to the Taliban
The Afghanistan intervention shows why the U.S. must empathize with its adversaries
John Bew Marisa Porges Martyn Frampton Peter Neumann Ryan EvansAs the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, it leaves violence and uncertainty in its wake. The election of a new Afghan president gives some ...