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Julia MacDonald, Ph.D. Candidate-in-Residence, recently authored an article in Foreign Policy Analysis, titled, "Eisenhower's Scientists: Policy Entrepreneurs and the Test-Ban Debate 1954-1958."
Caitlin Talmadge, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, has published an article in Security Studies, "The Puzzle of Personalist Performance: Explaining Iraqi Battlefield Effectiveness in the Iran-Iraq War." Professor Talmadge also recently returned from a trip to Japan as part of the German Marshall Fund and Sasakawa Foundation's Young Strategists Forum. The Forum brings together emerging leaders from the United States, India, Japan, Indonesia, and Europe to discuss Asia-Pacific security issues. During the trip she met with officials from the Japanese military, MFA, and MOD, and also participated in a 2-day scenario-based crisis simulation.
Associate Professor Alexander Downes, recently co-authored a paper titled, "Forced to Be Free: Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Rarely Leads to Democratization," in the latest volume of International Security.
Research Spotlight
Invisible Armies: Max Boot Discusses His Latest Book
Leading military author and foreign policy analyst, Max Boot, discusses his latest book, Invisible Armies: The Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present. Click here to watch the video and learn more about Boot's presentation.
Faculty Book Spotlight: The Politics of Nation-Building
Harris Mylonas, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, argues in his new book, "The Politics of Nation-Building," that a state's nation-building policies toward its non-core groups--groups perceived as unassimilated by the ruling political elites--are influenced by both its foreign policy goals and its relations with external patrons of these groups.
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