Succession Questions Persist in Wake of Kim Jong-il’s Death
December 19, 2011 | North Korea seeks to avert the internal turmoil which followed the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il's father.
Articles by Greg Chaffin
UN Origins Project Part 7: Forging a Lasting Peace
October 20, 2011 | The foundations of the tightly interconnected world we live in now were laid in the early days of World War II by leaders hoping to prevent the next great war.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 6: The Things We Fight For
October 13, 2011 | Economic deprivation planted the seeds for the bloom of totalitarianism that led to World War II.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 5: Sharpening the Teeth of Peace
October 5, 2011 | After World II, nations agreed that simply attacking the international peace by launching an aggressive war was a crime.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 4: In WWII, It Took Teamwork to Defeat Not Only Germany, But Japan
September 1, 2011 | It took a little help from its friends for the United States to defeat Imperial Japan in World War II.
Review: The Interrogator
August 11, 2011 | Glenn Carle was interrogating a top al-Qaeda operative when he started to have doubts.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 3: The Author’s First Foray Into the UN Archives
August 8, 2011 | The creation of the United Nations Information Organization was the first step the Allied powers took towards turning back and defeating the Axis.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 2: The Importance of Information in Wartime
August 7, 2011 | In World War II, the Allies realized that winning the information war would be essential to their eventual success.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 1: How the Allies Won World War II and Forged a Peace
August 5, 2011 | The project intends to show how the United Nations was born in 1942, creating a relatively stable and peaceful post-war international system.
Reorienting U.S. Security Strategy in South Asia
July 8, 2011 | The Obama administration's approach to the Afghan war is too narrowly focused. Instead, the administration should focus on India-Pakistan rapprochement as the hallmark of a cohesive South Asia strategy.