Новости за 04.06.2018

Interview (http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2018/06/iraqs-troubles-fighting-corruption.html) with former US Anti-Graft official Vincent Foulk on Iraq's problem with corruption

---Quote--- India “successfully flight tested” its nuclear-capable Agni-5 missile on Sunday morning, according to the office of the country’s defense minister. ---End Quote---...

This book is record of conversations on a wide range of topics and one can only talk about general themes and not specific details. In such conversations one can miss on details as it is simply memory recall and no time to confirm details by either consulting published material to talking to...

A Victory for Whom? Lessons from the 1982 and 2006 Lebanon Wars SWJED Mon, 06/04/2018 - 12:48am

Although Israel achieved a tactical victory in the First Lebanon War, it was a ‘strategic mishap’ because it catalyzed Hezbollah’s formation, failed to produce a durable peace agreement with Lebanon and set in motion the Second Lebanon War of 2006. This essay evaluates the causes and outcome of the two Lebanon wars.

The Necessity of Intervention: A Foreign Policy Analysis of the United States and World War I SWJED Mon, 06/04/2018 - 12:09am

Foreign policy often implores the inquiry, is war necessary to solve foreign policy challenges? It is not, however, the capability to wage, and win, conflict is necessary. War is often the insurance plan in the periphery of successful foreign policy, ready to be called upon when foreign policy no longer suits national interests or effectively ensures security. Читать дальше...