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July 25, 2018
Kurtzer Argues Against American Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights
The Golan Heights is a strategically significant area that Israel occupied from Syria as a result of the 1967 war. Before the war, Syrian forces had shelled Israeli farmers and towns in the valley below the Heights. Golan’s status is to be decided by agreement on the basis of United Nations Resolution 242, adopted in 1967.In…
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April 18, 2018
Q&A: America's Unifying Role in a Turbulent World
From Korea to Afghanistan, the U.S. military has waged war in pursuit of peace. Yet, have these military interventions — which have cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars — created sustained peace?Amb. Frederick D. Barton, lecturer of public and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of…
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April 09, 2018
Move over Fake News: Hostile Neighbors Pose Big Threats to Governance
Propaganda by way of “fake news” is one way a nation can wage war without firing a single shot. Another is through tactics of subversion and coercion, in which a country intentionally keeps neighboring countries weak in order to advance its own foreign policy interests, according to a new study from Princeton University. For…
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March 02, 2018
Defending Democracy: Princeton Conference to Address Civil, Military Responses in an Age of Disinformation
Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russians and their “troll farm” has given us a clearer view of what an adversary can do with disinformation. Yet, on Feb. 27, Adm. Mike Rogers, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, testified before lawmakers that while the U.S. is taking steps against Russian…
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January 16, 2018
WWS Reacts: Putin’s Attacks on Democracy
Last week, a U.S. government report outlined attacks made by Russian President Vladimir Putin on democratic institutions over nearly two decades. The report, commissioned by U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and released by Democratic staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, details the many ways in which the…
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November 08, 2017
Barton Delivers 2017 Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law & Public Service
Amb. Frederick D. Barton delivered the 25th Annual Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service at the University of Maine School of Law.This lecture series honors the late Judge Frank M. Coffin, a longtime federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, former member of Congress and renowned leader…
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November 06, 2017
Satellite Imagery Reveals Decline in ISIS Oil Production
Oil production by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) steadily declined between 2014 and 2016, indicating that the group was financing itself in other ways, like taxation or extortion.Using satellite imagery, a team of researchers led by Princeton University and the World Bank analyzed 42 oil production sites controlled…
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August 22, 2017
Innovating at the Top of Government in Conflict-Affected Areas
A two-day meeting convened government officials from conflict-affected areas Aug. 9-10 on the Princeton University campus to discuss how centers of government can best coordinate and communicate in difficult circumstances.The event — “Functioning Centers of Government in Fragile and Conflict-Affect Settings: What Works?” — was…
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June 29, 2017
Princeton Study Evaluates Aid Programs in Afghanistan
On June 21, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) hosted an event featuring guest speakers and a public discussion of a study led by the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC), based at Princeton University. The study, commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), evaluates the…
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June 16, 2017
Addressing Global Conflict through Policy
The Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) held their 7th Annual Meeting on May 18 and 19, drawing experts and policymakers from across the globe to gather at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, D.C., to discuss issues surrounding global conflict.The conference featured nearly 100 academics and policymakers…