http://csis.org/program/43680/related/publication A list of publications related to this Program en http://csis.org/publication/twq-drone-wars-summer-2013 <p>Over the last five years, the U.S. drone program has expanded exponentially to Pakistan and Yemen with little public discussion of the number of casualties, global precedent, the transparency of the program, or the effect on militants, diplomatic relations, or public opinion. Until now...</p> Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Defense and Security Defense Strategy and Capabilities Geopolitics and International Security Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46245 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-bringing-them-all-back-home-dollar-diminution-and-us-power <p>A generally underappreciated shift in U.S. engagement with the global macroeconomic order, accelerated by the global financial crisis, has complicated managing the dollar as a global currency and placed new, politically unfamiliar constraints on U.S. power.</p> Trade and Economics Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46246 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-leading-cheap-french-security-policy-austerity <p>Who would have predicted just two years ago that cash-strapped, inwardly-focused, soul-searching France would embark on a flurry of military operations and bold strategic moves? How France can really afford to remain a global power while imposing some of the heaviest budget cuts ever.</p> Geopolitics and International Security Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46247 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-hamas-winning-summer-2013 <p>Israel, the United States, and the international community must recognize the ugly truth: Hamas is winning, and it may be too late to reverse this trend. The current drift in policy should be replaced by coercing and incentivizing Hamas to renounce violence.</p> Defense and Security Geopolitics and International Security Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46248 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-sum-all-fears-israels-perception-nuclear-armed-iran-summer-2013 <p>Understanding Israel&rsquo;s framing of, and response to, the Iranian nuclear challenge should begin with an understanding of the four distinct forms of fear, and their contradictions, that help explain internal Israeli divisions over the response to Iran.</p> Defense and Security Defense Strategy and Capabilities Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46249 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-brics-fallacy-summer-2013 <p>Even as the BRICS member states come to terms with a rising China and even if they get their economic act together, the group will not be able to turn into a unified political force: a fundamental contradiction lies at the very heart of BRICS as a political idea.</p> International Development Trade and Economics Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46250 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-will-scotland-sink-united-kingdoms-nuclear-deterrent-summer-2013 <p>The future of the UK as a nuclear-weapon state could rest in the hands of Scottish voters in their September 2014 referendum on independence. Would an independent Scotland carry out its threat to evict the Trident force currently based there, and would London have any options?</p> Defense and Security Defense Strategy and Capabilities Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46251 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-double-trouble-realist-view-rising-chinese-and-indian-power-summer-2013 <p>An objective assessment reveals that India, simply because it is a democracy, will be no less likely than China as a rising power to pose significant challenges to U.S. interests. While Washington has basically gotten its China policy right, a new approach to India is needed.</p> Geopolitics and International Security Trade and Economics Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46253 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-five-myths-about-indias-nuclear-posture-summer-2013 <p>Five prevailing myths about India&rsquo;s nuclear posture should be dispelled, exposing its posture as no longer as minimalist as the conventional wisdom asserts with significant, underappreciated implications for safety, regional security, and crisis stability.</p> Defense and Security Defense Strategy and Capabilities Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46254 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/twq-pakistan-and-tactical-nuclear-weapons-deja-vu-summer-2013 <p>Tactical nuclear weapons have become increasingly central to Pakistan&rsquo;s nuclear thinking in the past three years, significantly raising the risks of nuclear warfighting and accidents in periods of crisis, without producing military benefits.</p> Defense and Security Defense Strategy and Capabilities Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400 46255 at http://csis.org