Hamas & Co. and Legitimacy
Political Islam is at the heart of two organizations that have continually stoked the fires of violence against Israel: Hamas and Hezbollah. There will be no peace in Palestine as long as Hamas retains any…
Articles by Ryan Boudwin
NATO expansion
The expansion of NATO does not automatically increase its strength or ability to defend itself. Each country seeking NATO membership must be evaluated on an individual basis, to determine whether their ability to contribute to…
NATO’s Transformation and Darfur
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has confounded the world’s expectations by outliving its original purpose of defending Western Europe against an invasion by the Soviet Union. Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union’s empire, NATO…
NATO’s role during the Cold War
“NATO is perhaps the best known and arguably the most successful multilateral military alliance in contemporary world politics” (Pease, 2008, p. 139). NATO is not successful solely by its ability to provide conventional and nuclear…
China’s unsustainable growth
Peter and Susan Calvert define developing countries as those that have a low quality of life compared to the rest of the world or those countries whose economic growth is unsustainable, despite a high standard…
Hamas and Hezbollah in the Context of International Law
Hezbollah and Hamas provide some interesting implications from their current political situation. Hamas can no longer be relegated to the role of “lunatic fringe,” since they constitute the democratically elected government of the Palestinian Authority….
From Washington to Paris
The American Revolution resulted in a stable republic that has lasted more than two hundred years. The French Revolution began in the same time period with similar goals, but quickly degenerated into the Reign of…
Chechnya: Russia’s Inferno
Chechnya: Russia’s Inferno Chechnya has long been a hotbed of violence and discontent and a thorn in the side of Russian leaders. Chechnya has been fighting the Russians in their various political incarnations for nearly…
Iran: A Nuclear Power?
Iran: A Nuclear Power? Iran troubles the United States for two reasons: its nuclear weapons program and its support for terrorist groups like Hezbollah. It is not likely to give up either because Iran wants…