Archive - Realism and Restraint

Making Sense of the Israel-Iran War

Brad Nelson: What is your take on the Israel-Iran conflict?

Jun 18 •

December 2024

Assad Is Out, HTS In

In between grading and the holidays, my colleague Dr.

Dec 31, 2024 •

November 2024

The State of the Race for POTUS on Election Eve

Over the last six days, my colleague Dr.

Nov 5, 2024 •

August 2024

The Race for the U.S. Presidency

Over the last two weeks, Dr.

Aug 6, 2024 •

April 2024

Spiraling Violence Between and Israel and Iran

The below conversation between my colleague Yohanes Sulaiman and I took place over the last week—in the period right after Iran’s attack on Israel on…

Apr 20, 2024 •

Joe Biden and Offensive Liberalism

America's Shift to Muscular Liberalism After Russia's 2022 Invasion of Ukraine

Apr 1, 2024 •

October 2023

Around the World: The Kim-Putin Summit, Nagorno-Karabakh, and War in the Middle East

Over the last two weeks, Dr.

Oct 9, 2023 •

June 2023

Game of Thrones in Russia

Over the weekend, my colleague Dr.

Jun 26, 2023 •

Examining Ian Bremmer's TED Talk on Global Power and Order

Last week, TED released a very timely talk given by political scientist and Eurasia Group chief Ian Bremmer. Bremmer's talk describes the current state…

Jun 22, 2023 •

March 2023

Grading Biden's Foreign Policy

After a bit of a hiatus, Realism and Restraint is back.

Mar 2, 2023 •

October 2022

Assessing the State of the War in Ukraine

Below is a conversation I had with my colleague Yohanes Sulaiman on various recent political, diplomatic, military, and strategic developments in the…

Oct 30, 2022 •

August 2022

The State of Play in the South China Sea

My colleague Yohanes Sulaiman recently participated in a CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) conference on the South China Sea.

Aug 30, 2022 •

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