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Post Week 6: More on Economic Statecraft

Post Week 6: More on Economic Statecraft

just happened upon an interesting piece in  The Diplomat  likening the  Megara Decree , which we discussed last week, to current US-Japane...

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More Cold War

More Cold War

 Economic skirmishing is a fundamental component of cold wars, if not the defining characteristic. In this regard, the Cold War between th...

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Weeks 6 & 7: Cold War and Post-CW - A New Weltanschauung or Weltschmerz?

Weeks 6 & 7: Cold War and Post-CW - A New Weltanschauung or Weltschmerz?

As we will discuss in the upcoming class session, the Cold War offered policy makers a decidedly stable conceptual framework within which ...

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Segue for Nuke Discussion in a Few Weeks

Segue for Nuke Discussion in a Few Weeks

Economist piece on nuclear detection technologies.

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More on Technology Lead

More on Technology Lead

See following Wired magazine story on Pentagon's efforts to spurn commercial-side innovation for military consumption purposes.

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Rumi and the Iran Deal?

Rumi and the Iran Deal?

We'll be discussing the Iran case/issue later in the semester. In the interim, I found this interesting post by Michael Krepon. Mike is ...

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Week 5:( Arms and) Dual-Use Trade II

Week 5:( Arms and) Dual-Use Trade II

on to dual-use this week. As we discussed last, the new defense innovation cycle can now be described more in terms of spinning-on, rather ...

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Week 4: Arms (and Dual-Use) Trade I

Week 4: Arms (and Dual-Use) Trade I

Syllabus readings for week IV are more factual than suppositional. For class, please familiarize yourselves with the data, linking back arms...

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