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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

On Friday, February 17, we were visited by Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was recently named National Security Adviser by President Trump. Trudy Rubin of the Philadelphia Inquirer attended the meeting at FPRI and wrote an article about McMaster and his new role in the White House.

New Publications


mattisWhat is an American?





Mackubin T. Owens, Editor, Orbis
The American Review of Books, Blogs, and Bull, February 21, 2017


 

mattisTransatlantic Security Discourse: Lost in Translation?


Egle Murauskaite, Non-resident Research Fellow,
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland
Baltic Bulletin, February 21, 2017


 

mattisIraq: Post-conflict Stabilization Redux



C. Alexander Ohlers
FPRI E-Notes, February 17, 2017


 

mattisDemocracy Promotion Is Smart Security Policy



Adrian A. Basora, co-Director, Eurasia Program, FPRI
Kenneth Yalowitz, Director, Conflict Resolution Program, Georgetown University
The National Interest, February 16, 2017


 

mattisFrozen Conflicts Put Solutions on Ice



Nelli Babayan, Black Sea Fellow, FPRI
Caucasus Cable, February 16, 2017


 

mattisTrump and Trudeau: A Successful “First Date”



David T. Jones, FPRI Alumnus
FPRI E-Notes, February 15, 2017


 

mattisTrumping Up Baltic Foreign and Security Policies


Matthew Crandall, Associate Professor, Tallinn University
Baltic Bulletin, February 14, 2017


 

mattisJapan-U.S. alliance advances — with Pacific and global significance


Arthur I. Cyr, Senior Fellow, FPRI
Mail Tribune, February 14, 2017


 

mattisField of Fright










Adam Garfinkle, Robert A. Fox Fellow, FPRI
FPRI E-Notes, February 13, 2017


 

mattis
Why the United States Should Be as Circumspect as the British about the Muslim Brotherhood


Lorenzo Vidino, Senior Fellow, FPRI
Lawfare Blog, February 12, 2017

Quote of the Week


"You cannot be anything
but moved by
[H.R. McMaster's] 
extraordinary grasp of the security issues facing the United States. . . . What really impresses you is his sense of humility and willingness to listen to other people."


The Philadelphia Inquirer

Alan Luxenberg,
President, FPRI


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