International affairs
What social media firms can teach the Department of Defense. In a new report, Melanie W. Sisson and Dan Patt explain how to develop a better system to monitor and warn about People's Liberation Army maritime operations.
The virtue of low expectations. Ryan Hass outlines in Foreign Affairs how modest goals and active diplomacy can redirect the relationship between China and the United States.
Can Germany keep pace? Writing for Internationale Politik Quarterly, Daniel Hamilton analyzes the evidence that Germany's new National Security Strategy lacks adequate funding and innovation.
Syria's post-quake politics. The earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey in February set in motion a series of events leading to Syria's readmission to the Arab League. This is a significant win for the Assad regime, argues Steven Heydemann in the Italian Institute for International Political Studies' Rome MED Dialogues.
A blocked road to democracy. Writing in the Middle East Journal, Shadi Hamid takes stock of democratic optimism and failure in the Middle East over the past 50 years.
