Why would a US military service relinquish a mission—a mission that could justify millions of dollars in new assets—while pursuing another to the point of near obsession? Why do these decisions regarding “turf,” that is, ...

The United States Department of Defense defines irregular warfare as a struggle among state and nonstate actors to influence populations and affect legitimacy. Yet, despite the centrality of influence and legitimacy in ...

Quality national statistics can help steer domestic policymaking, public and private investment, and civic engagement. As such, increased funding for national statistical capacity has become a key advocacy target in ...

I set out to examine the relationship between United States sanctions on Iran and humanitarian trade in the form of pharmaceutical imports. To measure this relationship, I used the gravity model of international trade. In ...

A huge trade opinion shift occurred among Republicans, but not among Democrats during the 2016 election campaign period. Support for free trade agreements (FTAs) among Republicans and Republican leaners dropped to 29%, a ...

Drawing upon previous diaspora studies’ findings and a wide range of primary data including government policy documents, archives, and news articles, this paper first provides an overview of the history and origins of ...

Crisis management is but one example of U.S.-China security cooperation that has been a significant factor in U.S. strategic thinking on the Asia-Pacific region. Most English-language studies of U.S.-China crisis management ...

The U.S.-China trade war ends up with China making substantial concessions as the first-phase deal is signed on January 15, 2020. China not only agreed to decrease the trade deficit by purchasing $200 billion U.S. products, ...

Since 1989, nine rebel groups have apologized after civil wars; despite the prevalence of literature on public apologies by states, apologies by non-state actors have not been studied. Why do rebel groups apologize? This ...

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