New Publications
 The American Review of Books, Blogs, and Bull - Issue 5
Ronald J. Granieri, Editor
May 20, 2016
This month's American review features three essays based on presentations given at our recent Military History Institute, America's Entry into World War I.
 When Border Walls Work (and Don’t): An Open Memorandum to Mr. Trump
John Haines, Senior Fellow, FPRI
FPRI's E-Notes, May 18, 2016
"[B]order walls, even when effective, address effects and not causes. What pushes unauthorized migrants toward the United States from our closest neighbors to the south—Mexico and the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras "Northern Triangle"—are powerful criminal insurgencies that have taken hold there and traffic in illegal narcotics."
 Russian Foreign Policy in the Putin Era: A Conference Report
Alexandra Wiktorek Sarlo, Fellow, FPRI
FPRI's E-Notes, May 18, 2016
"...the United States will continue with its “talisman” approach of the last several years: the assumption that stretching existing resources thinly across a wide front guarantees that there is a token American presence, which will prove sufficient to dissuade any challengers from taking action"
 Lithuanian Security Culture: Contrasts and Contradictions
Egle Murauskaite, Nonresident Fellow, ICONS Project at the University of Maryland
The Baltic Bulletin, May 17, 2016
"To improve emergency preparedness and maximize the efficacy of collective security, it is important to ensure Baltic civil society is actively involved in matters of national security and defense."
 Bangladesh’s Accommodation of Extremism Spells Danger for the Region
Sumit Ganguly, Senior Fellow, FPRI
YaleGlobal, May 17, 2016
If the regime continues to flirt with Islamists, it may not only ring the death knell of the country’s fragile democracy and secular traditions, but worse spread the virus of extremism into India and as far as Thailand and Malaysia.
 The Obama Administration Snubs Another Arab Ally
Ahmed Charai, Trustee, FPRI
The National Interest, May 19, 2016
"...with respect to Morocco, rather than recognize and support the country's remarkable political and social reforms, the Administration has used a combination of hyperbole, fixation on isolated error, and pure falsehood to condemn the country and alienate its people."
 Two Suns Rising in the East
Mark Moyar, Senior Fellow, FPRI
The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2016
"When it comes to China, America continues to aim at the restraint and conciliation that Ms. Manuel commends so urgently. This policy may allow America to muddle through to the end of Mr. Obama’s term, but it may well allow China to seize further advantages that his successor will find hard to reverse."
 Influencing China
Hon. Joseph R. DeTrani, President, Daniel Morgan Academy
Geopoliticus: The FPRI Blog, May 17 2016
"Past dealings with China tells us clearly that the government will cooperate with the U.S. and others if it’s in China’s interest. Lecturing China doesn’t work."
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