Strategic Insights

The Center for Contemporary Conflict has eleven new Feature Articles presented on three topics: ³Proliferation Pathways & Nuclear Ambitions;² ³Hard, Soft & Smart Power in Perspective;² and ³Geopolitics & International Economic Relations.² We also present two new Viewpoint articles, a new Student Thesis, and a report from this past summer¹s conference on Tomorrow¹s Proliferation Pathways.

They have eleven new Feature Articles to present this quarter.

In section one, on ³Proliferation Pathways & Nuclear Ambitions,² we present ³The Middle East¹s Next Nuclear State ,² by Bruno Tertrais; ³Russia¹s Proliferation Pathways ,² by Stephen Blank; ³Legal Instruments to Prevent Nuclear WMD Use by Non-State Actors ,² by Friedrich Steinhäusler; and ³Preparing for the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review:
Post-Cold War Nuclear Deterrence and the 2001 NPR Debate ,² by Maj. Scott Weston, USAF.

In section two, on ³Hard, Soft & Smart Power in Perspective,² we present ³Soft Power and Smart Power in Africa ,² by Maj.
James R. ³Hack² Hackbarth, USAF; ³Two Sides of the Same COIN: Torture and Terror in the Algerian War, 1954-62 ,² by Daniel Moran; ³The Information Domain as an Element of National Power ,² by Robert Kozloski; and ³Ajara ­ A New Russian Option in Georgia?
,² by William C.
Green.

In section three, on ³Geopolitics & International Economic Relations,² we present ³Liberal, Imperial, and Economic Motivation of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Philippines, 1898-1946 ,² by Maj. Scott Weston, USAF; ³The Global Financial Crisis and the Hidden Crisis of the Oil-Rentier Economies: Back to Basics ,² by Sabri Zire Al-Saadi; and ³Toward a Post-Arctic World ² by Barry S.
Zellen.

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VIEWPOINTS

We have two new Viewpoint articles to present this quarter. They are:
Farideh Farhi¹s ³Israel, Gaza, the Return of an ŒEmboldened Iran¹ ­ and Obama ,² and Zachary Davis¹ ³Pakistan¹s Last Chance .²

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STUDENT THESIS

We are proud to present a new student thesis from Jessica E. Cleary, ³The Effects of National Policy on Refugee Welfare and Related Security Issues: A Comparative Case Study of Lebanon, Egypt and Syria .²

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CONFERENCE REPORT

And lastly, we present a conference report from ³Tomorrow¹s Proliferation
Pathways: Weak States, Rogues, and Non-State Actors ² held on July 17-18, 2008, authored by James A. Russell and Aaron May.