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Review Of “What We Talk About When We Talk About War” By Noah Richler, Kirk W. Goodlet, Geoff Keelan

Canadian Military History

Review of What We Talk About When We Talk About War by Noah Richler

Review Of “Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945–54” By Randall Wakelam, Richard Richard

Canadian Military History

Review of Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945–54 by Randall Wakelam

Review Of “The Other Cold War: Canada’S Military Assistance To The Developing World 1945–1975” By Christopher R. Kilford, Alexander Herd

Canadian Military History

Review of The Other Cold War: Canada’s Military Assistance to the Developing World 1945–1975 by Christopher R. Kilford

Review Of “Defence & Discovery: Canada’S Military Space Program, 1945–74” By Andrew Godefroy, Dave Kielstra

Canadian Military History

Review of Defence & Discovery: Canada’s Military Space Program, 1945–74 by Andrew Godefroy

Emergencies, Alien And Domestic, Samuel Issacharoff

University of Chicago Legal Forum

Democracies survive some emergencies, even emerging stronger after some crises despite temporary suspensions of liberty. Democracies die when faced with other emergencies. This Article explores why. It addresses the claimed need to limit rights of electoral participation in response to the rise of antidemocratic forces through the lens of militant democracy in Europe and the Insurrection Clause of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment in the United States. When examined through the context of claimed exigency, the ability of democracies to survive or even thrive after emergencies turns heavily on whether the source of the perceived threat is foreign or …

Half Of Granite Staters Oppose Removal Of Maduro, Trump Foreign Policy Approval Unchanged 1/23/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Approval of President Trump’s handling of foreign policy in New Hampshire remained largely unchanged in the wake of the capture of Venezuela’s President Maduro and pressure to acquire Greenland from Denmark, but is sharply divided by partisanship. Half of New Hampshire residents oppose the capture of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and few support sending ground troops to occupy the country. Very few support launching a military attack on Mexico or Colombia. Four in five Granite Staters believe the United States should play a leading or major role in world affairs and should protect citizens of foreign countries facing violence but …

Vermonters Disapprove Of Trump's Foreign Policy, Believe World Views U.S. Poorly 1/23/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Vermont residents strongly oppose the decision to capture Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and less than one-tenth support sending ground troops to occupy the country. Vermonters also oppose occupying Greenland or launching military attacks in Mexico or Colombia. Overall, three-quarters of Vermonters oppose President Trump's handling of foreign policy and rate the reputation of the U.S. among the rest of the world as poor or very poor.

Uk And The 'Razor-Wire Humanitarianism': The Refugee Crisis And The Aesthetic Of Violence, Yasmin Ibrahim

Fast Capitalism

When the 'refugee crisis' in Calais became an issue of renewed concern in the summer of discontent in 2015, UK's reticent stance towards the crisis was captured through its measured approach. A notable riposte from the then Home Secretary, Theresa May, was to send in yet more security fencing to fortify the borders in Calais to assuage the disaffect from the truckers and the public. Dubbing this as UK's 'razor wire humanitarianism', the paper examines how the material artefact of the razor wire is implicated in the aesthetic of violence towards the refugee and migrant bodies in the camps of …

Donald J. Trump And The Politics Of Democratic Dysfunction, Cary Fraser

Fast Capitalism

The United States has entered a profound crisis of governance and governability following the impeachment of Donald Trump by the House of Representatives and, after a parody of a Senate trial, was acquitted - to remain in office by the Senate controlled by a Republican majority. This essay seeks to analyze both the origins and context of the contemporary conundrum where one of the world's oldest representative systems of government has entered a phase of democratic dysfunction. Donald Trump is an elected President – on the basis of a minority of the popular vote cast in 2016 – who has …

The Indiana Statesman, January 22, 2026, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Bailey College of Engineering construction brings short-term disruption, long-term growth; 2026 Indiana State Cohort for Orr Fellowship

A Comparative Analysis Of The Rule Of Lenity And National Power Structures, Albert Kwon

Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Europe: Dream Of Unity, Reality Of Divisions, Aleš Debeljak

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.

Ai-Enabled Decision-Support Systems In The Joint Targeting Cycle: Legal Challenges, Risks, And The Human(E) Dimension, Jessica Dorsey, Marta Bo

International Law Studies

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza as well as ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, Yemen, Iraq, and Syria include the reported military use of AI-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS) within the joint targeting cycle (JTC). These tools use AI techniques to collect and analyze data, provide information about the operational environment, and make actionable recommendations with the aim of aiding military decision-makers in evaluating factors relevant to legal compliance, such as taking precautions and ensuring proportionality in attacks. These systems are often touted as being simply a human aid and, as such, have flown largely under the radar regarding regulation as they are …

Humanitarian Intervention: The Early Years, Nicholas Onuf

Florida Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: A Retrospective On Telos, Scott G. Mcnall

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.

Talking Foreign Policy, May 28, 2024 Broadcast: 75th Anniversary Of The Geneva Conventions, Inamori Center

The International Journal of Ethical Leadership

No abstract provided.

Las Representaciones Florales En Los Bordados De La Indumentaria Cuzqueña, Nathalie Santisteban-Delgado

Actas seleccionadas del SIMPOSIO ARTE 4.2: Migraciones en la imagen prehispánica: transitando territorios del pasado al presente. 58º Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2025.

Los vestidos indígenas cuzqueños contemporáneos se caracterizan por tener decoraciones iconográficas variadas. Es la representación floral decorativa que destaca por el color, el diseño y la forma. El motivo floral aparece adornando tanto los vestidos de las imágenes santas de la pintura cuzqueña (siglos XVII y XVIII) como la ropa de los incas nobles retratados durante la colonia. Este estudio tiene como objetivo mostrar que existe una continuidad estética andina, a partir de la identificación de las especies florales utilizadas en las expresiones artísticas virreinales y de la comparación con las especies florales empleadas en la decoración del vestido tradicional …

The Helms-Burton Act And The Wto Challenge: Making A Case For The United States Under The Gatt National Security Exception, Klinton W. Alexander

Florida Journal of International Law

This article analyzes the legality of the Helms-Burton Act under the WTO and GATT rules, with particular emphasis on the national security exception and the use of this exception by the United States to justify its policy towards Cuba and its trading partners. Part one describes the contextual background and specific events leading up to the passage of the Helms-Burton Act and its four key provisions. Part II discusses the international reaction to the passage of Helms-Burton and the growing dissatisfaction among the United States major trading partners with the use of unilateral economic sanctions as a primary tool of …

A Long, Hard Year: Russia-Ukraine War Lessons Learned 2023, John A. Nagl, Michael T. Hackett

Integrated Research Projects

Following the 2024 A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force, which explored military lessons learned from the first year of the Russia-Ukraine War, this book examines the changing character of war as the second year of the war unfolded. This year’s authors explore the conflict from four different angles: information advantage (intelligence, information operations, and cyber); landpower operations (fires, maneuver, force protection, mission command, and mercenaries); multi-domain operations (air and maritime); and crosscutting themes (diplomacy, sustainment, and innovation and adaptation). The second year witnessed the innovative approaches to combat of the first year—drones, unmanned aerial …

The 2024 Carlisle Conference On The Pla: Protracted War Against The Prc, Joshua Arostegui

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

The US Army War College’s 2024 Carlisle Conference on the People’s Liberation Army was held on October 16 and 17 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The conference featured keynote speakers from the US Department of Defense and the think-tank community, and panels focused on assessing the People’s Republic of China’s understanding of and capability to carry out a protracted war in the Indo-Pacific. The conference brought together over 100 participants from government, military, US Intelligence Community, academic, and think-tank organizations.

The conference papers were authored by expert speakers and panelists and were designed to provide insight into key People’s Republic of …

Book Review: The Retreat From Strategy: Britain’S Dangerous Confusion Of Interests With Values, James D. Scudieri

Parameters Bookshelf – Online Book Reviews

Authors: David Richards and Julian Lindley-French

Reviewed by: Dr. James D. Scudieri, senior research historian, US Army Heritage and Education Center, US Army War College

The Retreat from Strategy offers a detailed insight into the history of British strategy since the end of the Cold War. The authors dissect the issues they see in British strategy and offer specific solutions to the problems. The reviewer sees this as a timely read for US security professionals.

Non-Invasive Monitoring Of Camel Hair From A Free-Grazing Herd As A Biomarker In Linking Environmental Exposure And Nutritional Status In Desert Ecosystems, Ibrahim Albokhadaim

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Camels are vital livestock in arid regions, yet their elemental exposure remains underexplored, particularly through non-invasive biomarkers. This study is novel in applying camel hair as a non-invasive, long-term biomarker to assess nutritional adequacy and environmental exposure in a free-grazing desert herd, with age-stratified evaluation of essential and toxic element accumulation. For this purpose, a cross-sectional study was conducted on a herd of 18 apparently healthy camels (≤6 months: 28%; >6 months: 72%). Initially, hair samples were collected, washed, digested, and analyzed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The samples were then analyzed to determine the concentrations of 12 …

The Effect Of Servant Leadership And Psychological Safety On Employee Commitment And Workplace Engagement, Pierce J. Ippolito, Joshua S. Kay, Kevin J. Hurt

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This paper presents a conceptual model of servant leadership, psychological safety, work engagement, and individual commitment. Psychological safety is positioned as a causal factor that provides answers addressing why servant leaders have positive effects on individual commitment and work engagement. The depicted model operates under the consideration that commitment and engagement serve two distinct roles based on the study conducted by Hirschfeld and Feild (2000). Theory-based propositions are developed linking servant leadership and psychological safety to individual commitment and work engagement. Finally, the authors provide a framework that may be utilized for future research.

Qualitative And Numerical Observations Into The Career Trajectories Of Early Career Academics: A Mathematical Model Approach, Oluwatayo M. Ogunmiloro

Tanzania Journal of Science

This study develops and analyzes a mathematical model that describes the interplay among different researcher groups within academia by focusing on how variables such as mentorship, access to funding, and academic peer influence affect the career trajectories of early-career, experienced, redundant, and successful researchers. Using stability theory and relevant theorems of differential equations, this study ensures the existence, uniqueness, positivity, and boundedness of the model's solutions. Additionally, the model’s equilibrium states, are analyzed to determine the local asymptotic stability. Numerical simulations using the Runge-Kutta fourth-order (RK4) method, implemented in Python, are performed to illustrate issues related to career growth within …

Vol. 1, No. 2 Full Issue

CMSI Quarterly Review

Full issue of Issue 1 of the CMSI Quarterly Review.

Cmsi Research In The News

CMSI Quarterly Review

No abstract provided.

Bridging The Gap: A Systematic Review Of Cyber Conflict Forecasting Models And The Case For Ai-Driven Dynamic Frameworks, Salim Arfaoui, Youssef Harrath, Omar El-Gayar

Research & Publications

Cyber conflict forecasting remains constrained by static models that overlook the integration of geopolitical context with technical indicators. This systematic literature review examines 58 studies (2010–2025) using PRISMA guidelines and an InputProcess-Output framework to classify approaches and identify key gaps. Quantitative methods dominate (67%), yet only 14% incorporate geopolitical variables, despite the political nature of cyber conflict. Major limitations include adversarial adaptation blindness (85% assume static behavior), coarse temporal granularity (72% use daily+ intervals), lack of uncertainty quantification (75%), and minimal modeling of cross-domain escalation (92% cyber-only focus). Strategic forecasting is rare, with just 14% providing long-term insights and 16% …

Cognitive Warfare 2026: Nato’S Chief Scientist Report As Sentinel Call For Operational Readiness, James Giordano

Strategic Insights

This commentary examines emerging concepts in cognitive warfare, the use of information, perception shaping, and psychological influence as instruments of strategic competition. It also highlights insights from the 2026 NATO Chief Scientist Report. Dr. Giordano explains that cognitive effects extend traditional information operations by targeting how people think, make decisions, and act in complex environments. Drawing from NATO analysis, he argues that military organizations must integrate cognitive considerations into doctrine, planning, and training to enhance resilience and competitive advantage. Improved operational frameworks, interdisciplinary research, and ethical governance could help allied forces recognize, anticipate, and counter cognitive threats while preserving human …

Reviving Novorossiya: Russia’S Invasion Of Ukraine Under International Law

Washington International Law Journal

Abstract: For nearly three years, the Eastern European nation of Ukraine has been entangled in a war it did not instigate, did not desire, but was forced into by its more powerful neighbor, Russia. Since the onset of the war, Russia has faced accusations of widespread atrocities, including severe violations of human rights, international humanitarian law, and breaches of other international norms. Following the inauguration of United States (US) President Donald Trump, there has been a renewed effort to bring both parties to the negotiating table and end the conflict. With the ongoing negotiations, there is no better time to …

Hybrid Warfare: A Collection Of Scenarios, Adrian Borbély

DRI Press

Hybrid Warfare is nothing new but it has increasingly made the news - even if most of it remains beyond our awareness. Hybrid Warfare gathers all methods through which countries wage war against each other beyond traditional military, diplomatic and economic battlefields (cyber attacks, disinformation, transnational organized crime, appropriation of natural resources, lawfare, corruption, etc.). Such below-the-surface foreign aggressions are not limited to localized regions where armed forces shoot at each other trying to take each other’s positions. In hybrid warfare, society as a whole is the battlefield. In other words, hybrid warfare is not the concern of a few, …