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The Ukraine Lab: Shock Therapy and Its Discontents
Noah Schwartz // The United States should seek to harness the newly found sense of civic nationalism to promote Ukraine’s defense industrial policy, expropriating oligarchs, and managing its own economic affairs.
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The Future of Nuclear Proliferation in Finland
Carson Webb // With full membership as of April 4th, 2023, it is extremely unlikely for Finland to seek out a nuclear arsenal. It will continue to rely on the nuclear umbrella of its allies as nuclear armament/nuclear proliferation does not fit Finnish beliefs on nuclear weapons.
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Acceptable Ignorance: Prioritize Airspace Sovereignty
Jacob Bosen // The ability to outmaneuver the United States Military’s greatest assets and skilled service members shows just how vulnerable the United States is.
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Tilapia Diplomacy: Science’s Role in International Dialogue
Lake Dodson // The revolutionary breakthrough of using tilapia skins to heal burn victims is yet another example of science’s crucial role in international diplomacy and a remarkable triumph of the human spirit and perseverance.
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Is Poland America’s Most Important Partner in Europe?
Dylan Waste // Despite previously failing to amplify the voice of post-Soviet NATO members, there is ample opportunity for U.S. policies to further empower Poland’s emergence as a bulwark of American interests on the alliance’s integral Eastern flank.
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Why the U.S. Needs to Reassess Its Relationship With Turkey
Aiden Zhang // Given its detrimental effects on NATO’s ability to operate, Washington would be wise to recognize this shift in Turkish strategic thought and to reassess and deinstitutionalize the relationship accordingly.
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Haiti Needs Help, but the U.S. Needs To Change Before It Can Provide It
Xiomara Jean-Louis // Rather than wipe its hands of involvement after having contributed to Haiti’s squalor, the United States should shift from an interventionist view to a introspective one and reflect on how its policies create the conditions for harm outside its borders—intentionally or not.
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Dichotomie
Lake Dodson // In such critical times as these, any kind of rift between France and America would be a failing of international diplomacy and statesmanship, in other words, a major faux pas
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A Defense of the One China Policy
Garrett Ehinger // Before America even considers abrogating the One China policy, it should focus on solving persistent underlying questions surrounding Taiwanese security and less risky alternative means of deterring China.
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Stay Behind Forces in Taiwan: No Room to Swing a Gladius
Stanley Mitchell // Strategists and analysts should reconsider the value and purpose of SB operations in the context of Taiwan. Historical SB operations were intended to support and amplify the activity of a relatively closely located friendly force, and to facilitate the flow of operatives. All of this is made exponentially more difficult in an…
