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Is Obama Responsible for the Rise of ISIS?

Our editors and special contributor, Professor Asher Susser of Tel Aviv University, consider a question sure to be asked during next year’s U.S. presidential election.

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Improving Ties between Japan and China? Underlying Tensions Remain

John Pollock discusses the destabilizing economic relationship between China and Japan, which heavily relates to the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands.

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Information: The Perfect Weapon in Today’s Wired World, A Three-Part Series

In the final installment of a three-part series, Jenny looks at “countering disinformation campaigns” during the Cold War, and the lessons we can learn from them.

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A Bloody Bargaining Chip: The Armenian Genocide and U.S.-Turkey Relations

Evan Blackwell explores how the contested legacy of the Armenian genocide has been downplayed by the U.S. as it attempts to recruit Turkey in the campaign against ISIS.

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Canada and Trident Juncture

NATO is preparing to launch an historic training exercise, Trident Juncture 2015. Paul Pryce discusses Canada’s role and debunks some of the myths surrounding this training opportunity.