Author Archives: Olivia Grinberg-Phillips

On April 28, 2021, Rajan Menon had a new piece in The Nation entitled, “The End of the War in Afghanistan Is in Sight.” You can read it here.

WASHINGTON 4/26/21 — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members, including Professor Robert Jervis, the Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics. Of the electees — 59 are women, the most elected in a single year — and 30 are international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements […]

V. Page Fortna has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. You can read more here.

On April 19, 2021, The Christian Science Monitor published an interview with Severine Autesserre on her new book, The Frontlines of Peace. Here is the link: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2021/0419/She-s-seen-peacekeeping-fail.-Here-s-her-advice-on-getting-it-right. 

On April 15, 2021, Rajan Menon had a new piece in Foreign Policy entitled, “The Wisdom of Leaving Afghanistan.” You can read it here.

On Monday, April 12, 2021, Séverine Autesserre was invited to present findings from her new book, The Frontlines of Peace, to the United Nations Security Council. 

Rumela Sen has published a new book entitled, Farewell to Arms: How Rebels Retire Without Getting Killed, (New York: Oxford University Press, 9 April, 2021). You can read more about it here.

Stephen Biddle has a new book entitled, “Nonstate Warfare: The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias (Princeton University Press, April 6, 2021). You can read more about it here.

Séverine Autesserre was featured on the one-hour radio show, WBAI’s Leonard Lopate at Large, where they talked extensively about her new book, The Frontlines of Peace—and about the broader topics of war, peace, peacebuilding, and international intervention. The show was recorded live, and you can listen here. It is also available as a podcast on all the major platforms. 

On March 24, 2021, Thomas Christensen had a new article in Foreign Affairs entitled, “There Will Not Be a New Cold War: The Limits of U.S.-Chinese Competition.” The article was originally prepared for the Library of Congress in August 2019.  A longer version entitled “No New Cold War: Why U.S.-Strategic Competition will not be like the U.S.-Soviet […]