Kazakh President Nazarbayev has resigned. 3 things to watch, Eric McGlinchey explain. #Kazakhstan washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…

Congrats to CSPS Student Fellows ⁦Jordan B. Cohen, Ph.D.⁩ and ⁦Courtney Kayser⁩ on presenting their paper, “Should I Stay Or Should I Go? A Logic of Alliance Exit,” at this year’s ⁦ISA⁩ conference!

Diversity in security studies -- both intellectual and demographic -- is important to the health of our field! The ISSS Governing Council approved a number of recommendations from the ISSS Taskforce on Diversity in Security Studies, including the following:

Check out CSPS’s latest blog post by CSPS fellow James Suber exploring the relationship between violence and peace negotiations in Afghanistan Schar School CSPS csps.gmu.edu/2019/10/01/neg…

“The United States is at risk of continuing to fall behind Russian and Chinese efforts in Africa” writes CSPS fellow Tyler Stone. Read the latest blog: csps.gmu.edu/2019/10/25/the…

CSPS fellow Tyler Stone looks at the ascendancy of the aircraft carrier displayed at the Battle off Samar in 1944. Read the blog: csps.gmu.edu/2019/10/26/bat…

Read my latest piece with Schar School CSPS about Trump’s foreign policy decisions and how these decisions impact great power competition, focusing on how Trump’s policies benefit the Russian Federation at csps.gmu.edu/2019/10/30/a-c…

“Nearly every foreign policy decision made by President Trump directly aids American long-term strategic rivals, namely Russia,” writes CSPS fellow Courtney Kayser. Read the latest blog: csps.gmu.edu/2019/10/30/a-c…

"Once inside, they shed their identities as students and adopted the role of chief negotiator from one of six countries attempting to peacefully resolve North Korea’s nuclear weapons program." writes CSPS Fellow Kristofer Garriott about our latest Simulation. csps.gmu.edu/2019/11/06/rev…

"The PREDICT project shutdown has raised alarms surrounding the current climate of U.S. biosurveillance infrastructure as a whole." Writes CSPS Fellow @mike_krug1 in CSPS's newest piece: PREDICT-ing the Next Pandemic? csps.gmu.edu/2019/11/12/pre…

Caucasus grows increasingly spiritual, Georgians remain loyal to wine

In Ukraine, the U.S. impeachment scandal has been overshadowed by Zelensky’s push for a peace settlement for the country's eastern regions. Sophie Pinkham writes that the military aid the U.S. is providing Ukraine is not enough to support this effort: trib.al/mVNMKCX

"Kim’s strategy is not new—it comes straight from North Korea’s negotiating playbook that dates back to the Armistice negotiations held during the Korean War." Writes CSPS Fellow George Hutchinson in our newest piece: Trump, Don’t Cave to Kim Jong Un! csps.gmu.edu/2019/11/15/tru…

CSPS Fellow Joe Petrucelli writes, "the current use of reserve forces to substitute for day-to-day gaps in active capability is not a logical force posture." in our latest piece, The Role of US Reserve Forces csps.gmu.edu/2019/11/18/the…

"Quantum computing is expected revolutionize key defense systems and technologies." Writes CSPS Fellow David Mendes in CSPS's latest piece: Quantum Supremacy: Harnessing Qubits for the National Defense csps.gmu.edu/2019/12/04/qua…

"These two autocracies have pursued opposing strategies, and neither has had what can be described as a resounding success" writes CSPS Fellow Courtney Kayser in Authoritarian Regimes and COVID-19 csps.gmu.edu/2020/09/18/aut…