From the perspective of US-China competition, the significance is not simply that Washington wants more AI. It is that the ...

Over the last decade, the U.S., UK Israel and other states have begun to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for military operations and for targeted killings in places like Pakistan, Yemen and ...

From the “Great Arab Revolt” against Ottoman rule in World War I to the upheavals of the Arab Spring, this text analyzes a century of modern Arab history through the lens of three intertwined notions: ...

In the late 1970s, the United States often seemed to be a superpower in decline. Battered by crises and setbacks around the globe, its post–World War II international leadership appeared to be ...

“Speak softly and carry a big stick” Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power. It was the right sentiment, perhaps, in an age of imperial rivalry ...

Field research ― the collection of information outside a lab or workplace setting ― requires skills and knowledge not typically taught in the classroom. Fieldwork demands exploratory inquisitiveness, ...

The Mediterranean Sea connects Europe with Africa and Asia and is a critical geopolitical area in a rapidly changing world.

Economic misery has sparked mass protests in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The protests have led to severe repression and ...

What is Irregular Warfare and why in the Pentagon is it traditionally a subject of cyclical phases of either great enthusiasm or inattention over the decades? Phil Wasielewski talks with retired ...

Donald Trump has shown that he is no exception to the history of US presidents looking to special operations to solve their ...

The Islamic Republic Teeters by FPRI ...

PHILADELPHIA -     The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) announced today it is launching a two year project to assess ...