Author: Jahara Matisek

The Soft Power of an American Cartoon: South Park and the Information War with China

Jahara Matisek | 10.14.19 | Commentary & Analysis

Author’s note: The author definitely does not think that Chinese President Xi Jinping looks like...

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Does the World Need a Geneva Protocol for Blockchain?

Jahara Matisek and Wilson VornDick | 10.01.19 | Commentary & Analysis

Editor’s note: This article is drawn in part from a longer article in the Journal of...

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How America got Dragged into the Saudi-Iranian Proxy Game

Buddhika Jayamaha and Jahara Matisek | 09.23.19 | Commentary & Analysis

Editor’s note: This article is based in part on an article in Middle East Quarterly, authored...

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Western Security Force Assistance in Weak States: Time for a Peacebuilding Approach

Emily Knowles and Jahara Matisek | 08.06.19 | External Research

Editor’s note: In this article for the RUSI journal, Emily Knowles and MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr....

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NATO at a Crossroads: Why Turkey is Becoming Such a Problem for the Alliance

Buddhika Jayamaha and Jahara Matisek | 06.07.19 | Commentary & Analysis

Editor’s note: This analysis is informed by the authors’ fieldwork in Turkey and northern Iraq, to...

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