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The Islamic State Five Years After the Collapse of the Caliphate
Mar 29, 2024 · Five years ago this March, the final remnants of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate were physically destroyed. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish militia backed by the United States and its allies, swept into the Syrian desert town of Baghouz to capture the group’s remaining fighters and their families. ISIS’s last stand was the culmination of a years-long effort led by ...
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Internship Opportunities Meet our 2024 Fall Intern Class . FPRI offers internships for students during the Summer, Fall, and Spring terms. Our interns have the opportunity to connect with members of the foreign relations community and gain experience working for a …
A Framework for Ethical Decision Making
In April 2015, the Foreign Policy Research Institute presented its Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute on Ethical Dilemmas in American Warfare hosted by the First Division Museum at Cantigny, Wheaton, IL. Covering such topics as the Dilemmas of Civil Liberties and State Security; the ethics of emergent types of warfare (Drones, Cyberattacks, and Future War); the Dilemmas of Wars ...
Five Trends Driving the Future of Terrorism
In mid-May 2022, eighteen-year-old Payton Gendron approached a grocery store in a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Buffalo, NY. He opened fire with a Bushmaster XM-15 semi-automatic rifle, killing ten people.The attack was one of the deadliest racist massacres in recent American history.
Understanding the Creation of the U.S. Armed Forces
Notes: I have previously discussed many of the issues raised in this essay in Allan R. Millett and Peter Maslowski, For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America (Free Press, 1994 revised and expanded edition), chapters 3 and 4, and in “To the Edge of Greatness: The United States, 1783-1865,” in Williamson Murray, MacGregor Knox, and Alvin Bernstein, The Making ...
The Partition of Palestine - Foreign Policy Research Institute
The Foreign Policy Research Institute is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the United States.
Havana Syndrome: The History Behind the Mystery
Apr 1, 2024 · [1] Miriam Berger and Rachel Pannett, “What to Know about ‘Havana Syndrome,’ the Mysterious Illness Affecting US Officials around the World,” The Washington Post, September 21, 2021; James Schumaker, “Before Havana Syndrome, There Was Moscow Signal,” AFSA-The Foreign Service Journal, American Foreign Service Association, January-February, 2022; Julia Ioffe, “The Mystery of the ...
China’s Defiant Chip Strategy - Foreign Policy Research Institute
Jun 28, 2024 · On October 17, 2022, at the 20 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping called for a nationwide effort to “win the battle” in core technologies. The urgency was reflected in the 20 th Party Congress report, in which the word “technology” was mentioned fifty-five times compared to thirty-four times in the 19 th Party Congress report.
The Role of the Director of National Intelligence as ‘Head’ of the ...
Sep 13, 2019 · In recent weeks, there has been controversy over who President Donald Trump would nominate as the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) after the resignation of Dan Coats. This discussion makes it an appropriate time to ask some questions: How influential is this position? Is it something truly worth being concerned about?