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Iran war shows perils of America's Mideast bases
US outposts are sitting targets for Iranian strikes. It's time to start the process of closing them down
Mar 24
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Does Speaking Spanish Make a Country More Peaceful? A Critique of Democratic Peace Theory
Should there be an Inter-Hispanic Peace Theory instead?
Mar 9
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Now Is Europe’s Opportunity to Reach Out to Russia
The ongoing deterioration of transatlantic ties due to President Donald Trump’s desire to take Greenland along with the US seizure of a Russian-flagged…
Jan 13
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Military Spending by Russia's Neighbours
Mar 10, 2025
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A Cold War History of Ba'athism
Dec 16, 2024
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Can Strong Economies Fight Major Wars?
Sep 25, 2024
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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The Pacification of Libya
Feb 25, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Operation Manifest Frost: A Hypothetical Takeover of Greenland
Mar 31, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Comparing Russian and US Airstrikes: Which are More Dangerous for Civilians?
Oct 7, 2024
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Security Guarantees by Proxy: The Incompatibility of European Commitments to Ukraine and the US Role in NATO
As competing peace proposals change hands and negotiators meet to discuss an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the issue of security guarantees…
Jan 5
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Do we need a treaty on neutrality?
Neutrality in the 21st century needs clarification
Sep 18, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Can Betting Improve Foreign Policy Analysis?
The Need For Skin in the International Relations Game
Aug 11, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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European Support for Strikes on Iran Undermines Russia-Ukraine Peace Efforts
What happens in Western Asia does not stay in Western Asia
Jul 1, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Troops on the Street - A Lesson in OSINT
Fabricating a Luxembourgish Military Coup
Jun 24, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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The Rise and Fall of Sweden’s Nuclear Disarmament Advocacy
A Forgotten History
Jun 4, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Is the United Kingdom Actually a Nuclear Weapons State?
A Case of Accidental Denuclearisation
May 5, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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European Hedging as a Diplomatic Opportunity for the United States
A Policy Brief for a New Geopolitical Era
Apr 28, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Operation Manifest Frost: A Hypothetical Takeover of Greenland
What could an American conquest of Greenland look like?
Mar 31, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Military Spending by Russia's Neighbours
The Mongolian Option & Understanding European and Asian Divergences
Mar 10, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Up in the Air: The Fallacy of Aerial Campaigns
Why purely relying on airpower is foolish
Mar 6, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Imagining a Demilitarised Britain
Can the United Kingdom disband its armed forces?
Mar 4, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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The Pacification of Libya
When Fascist Italy Defeated a Counterinsurgency
Feb 25, 2025
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Political Malapropisms: A Curated Selection
When those in power don't know what they are talking about
Nov 18, 2024
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Is the Civilian Death Rate in Ukraine High or Low?
Trying to understand why relatively few civilians have been killed
Nov 4, 2024
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Comparing Russian and US Airstrikes: Which are More Dangerous for Civilians?
Examining the data gives us a clear answer
Oct 7, 2024
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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An Ecological State of Exception: Applying Carl Schmitt to Climate Change
The Coherence of Climate Autocracy
Sep 30, 2024
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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
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Can Strong Economies Fight Major Wars?
The paradox of economic success for warring states
Sep 25, 2024
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Guardianship and Resentment in Precarious Civil-Military Relations
A common thread in Sahelian military coups
Dec 7, 2023
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The Danger Of The Media’s Military Experts
Can we trust the generals on television?
Jan 10, 2019
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