April 17, 2018 – CSPS Student Fellow Courtney Kayser discusses how the lack of transparency and accountability around America’s increasing use of drones sets a bad precedent as more countries begin to develop and use drone technology.
Five PhD students from the Schar School had a unique opportunity to travel to Taiwan where they interviewed top military and governmental policy makers and met with leading academics and Think Tank experts. They had an in-depth and behind the scenes look into cross-Strait relations and the future of deterrence in Taiwan. Three students were interviewed about their experience- read on for their unexpected takeaways.
April 4, 2018 – CSPS Student Fellow Mary Frances Woods examines how the Trump Administration’s policy regarding the use of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility differs in practice from the policy of his predecessor.
March 28, 2018 – CSPS Student Fellow Daniel Fielden considers the state-level response to the recent assassination attempt of a former spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom by the Russian Government within the context of previous state orchestrated assassinations.
March 14, 2018 – CSPS Student Fellow Kathleen Lackey considers the implications of a U.S. aircraft carrier being welcomed to a Vietnamese port for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
March 7, 2018 – CSPS Student Fellow Jean Cocco had the opportunity to attend a discussion on whether or not the United States and Russia are in a new Cold War. The discussion was between General Michael Hayden and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley K. Clark.
February 28, 2018 – CSPS Student Fellow Wendy Chen examines how China has been using economic soft power to gain favorability in Kyrgyzstan.
February 22, 2018 – CSPS Student Fellow Zachary Marks explores nuclear nonproliferation in the Trump era.
February 16, 2018 – Schar School of Policy and Government Adjunct Professor Lee Roberts explores the nature of cyberterrorism.
January 31, 2018 – CSPS Student Fellow Jordan Cohen offers a brief guide contextualizing and examining the concepts laid out by Dr. Eliot Cohen in his new book, “The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force”.