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February 18, 2012

Call for Submissions Deadline: April 1, 2012 DESCRIPTION  The Yale Journal of International Affairs (YJIA) is a policy-oriented journal bridging the gap between academia and decision makers in the policy world.  YJIA publishes articles, interviews, and op-eds by academic scholars, think tanks, policy practitioners, and advanced graduate students on international affairs topics with implications for policy.  We look for original argumentation and insightful criticism.   [...]

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New Pentagon Budget Offers Smaller Wars, But More of Them

by Aroop Mukharji Last month, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced plans to slash the defense budget by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade, reducing the size of the army 14% by 2022. Panetta and the Obama administration simultaneously plan to increase Washington’s fleet of armed, unmanned aircraft by almost 300%, ushering [...]

Venezuela 2012

By Michael W Edghill*  Perhaps the 2012 election that has the greatest potential to change the landscape of United States foreign policy is one that few Americans are paying attention to:  Venezuela’s next presidential election, scheduled for October 7, 2012. Venezuela watchers are waiting to see if Hugo Chavez can once again scheme his way [...]

Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia

Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia By Thant Myint-U.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.  $27.00 Reviewed by Marc A. Sorel The last four months have been a watershed period in US-Burma diplomacy.  It began two years prior, with Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell’s visit [...]


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