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Browsing Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies by Title
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Balancing Cooperation and Competition: A New in Era in U.S.-China Relations
(2016)The dyadic pairing of the United States and China has emerged as the most important bilateral relationship of the twenty-first century. While the U.S. continues to dominate the post-Cold War world order as sole superpower, ... -
Beyond the Boom: Developing Policy to Advance US Leadership in Shale Oil and Hydraulic Fracturing
(2014)The shale oil revolution of the early twenty-first century has placed the United States at one of its most pivotal points in recent history with regards to energy policy. The production boom in 2008 led to an increase ... -
Beyond The Reset: Forging a New Dynamic in U.S. – Russia Relations
(2013)In the past decade the U.S. has seen its relationship with Russia slowly build and quickly deteriorate a number of times. A number of recent events exemplify this trend - Obama’s work with Medvedev building trust and ... -
BREXIT: How to Shape Britain’s New Rela-tionship with the European Union
(2018)On June 23, 2016 Britain voted to leave the EU, since then the public and government have struggled to understand the implications and formulate a plan for the future. With the formal exit date fast approaching, how the ... -
Building a Better Democracy: Electoral Reform in Washington State
(2012)Democracies are neither all the same nor are they static. Democracy must necessarily change to improve upon previous failures in an effort to reach the ideal. Washington State is no stranger to this process, having eliminated ... -
Can NATO React to the Arab Spring? Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law
(2012)The Arab Spring brought a regional paradigm shift in which human dignity and participatory involvement in the political process became the demands of the masses. As long-standing dictators began to fall, NATO was and ... -
The Challenge of Piracy off the Horn of Africa: U.S. Policy in Dealing With Criminal Elements and Dangerous Non-State Actors
(2012)In the failed state of Somalia, piracy is increasing at an alarming rate, impacting all nations that engage in trade or travel in the region. In 2011, Somali pirates attacked 122 vessels and successfully hijacked 28. Since ... -
Challenges to European Unity: Options for U.S. Policymakers
(2017)The United States and Europe have shared a long history of cooperation and mutual interests. They stand united in their commitment to the values such as liberty, democracy, and the preservation of human rights. They are ... -
Citizen Security in El Salvador: Improving the Effectiveness of International Aid
(2012)This policy report examines the ways in which the international aid community can better support the citizen security needs of the Central American people. El Salvador serves as an appropriate case study in this context, ... -
Confronting the Democratic Deficit in the European Union: The Potential of Europarties
(5/15/2020)The European Union is a political and economic organization that symbolizes a unique collaboration between sovereign states. Originally confined to six Western European countries, the EU has since engaged in multiple waves ... -
Countering al-Qaeda’s Ideology: Re-assessing U.S. Policy Ten Years After 9/11
(2011)The U.S. has made sweeping changes to its national defense strategic goals and objectives since 9/11. In response to the rise in prominence of al-Qaeda and it‘s extremist ideology, the U.S. established the Department of ... -
Defense, Deficits, and Deployments: The Future of U.S. Military Policy
(2012)America’s economic strength and military might go hand in hand. Each is indispensable to the other. Thus, in times such as the present when America’s deteriorating fiscal position requires swift and reasoned attention, it ... -
Defense, Diplomacy and Development: Making a 3D Strategy Work in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
(2013)The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been the site of cyclical violence for years and, as a result, the country has failed to become a developed member of the international community. The International Rescue ... -
Development Derailed: How to Put U.S. Foreign Aid Policy on a Better Track
(2015)There are three central subdivisions to American foreign policy: diplomacy, defense, and development aid. Both defense and diplomacy are housed in cabinet-level departments – the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department ... -
Empowering European Citizens: Challenges and the Road Ahead
(2013)The European Union makes frequent international headlines: the Eurozone crisis, environmental progress, and accession negotiations with Turkey are just some recent topics. However, what rarely makes headline news is the ... -
End Game: Rethinking the War on Terror
(2014)The United States is currently engaged in one the longest and costliest wars in its history. In the thirteen years since the devastating attacks on 9/11, the United States has waged war against al Qaeda and ideology of ... -
Energy and climate change: Nonpartisan policies for the next U.S. President
(2019)The world currently stands at a crossroads in terms of its energy future. The two choices laid before us could not be more stark. Either mankind can continue to burn fossil fuels at an astonishing rate and suffer the ...