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Matthew Crosston

Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Security and Intelligence Studies program at Bellevue University

Putin: Cleaning Up an American Mess in Syria

The recent appearance of Russian President Vladimir Putin before the UN was a command performance for any Western analyst who wants a deeper and more brazen access to Russian global affairs thinking. The traditional mistake made, by Americans most certainly, is to dismiss Russian argument as nothing but crying over spilt geostrategic milk: in short, since Russia lost...

Matthew Crosston

An Anti-Theory of Sanctions: Why an Iranian New Deal was Necessary

While the debate over the wisdom of concluding the Iran nuclear deal continues, this article takes a slightly more involved intellectual approach to explain why an alternative to the long-standing sanctions was likely inevitable. This is especially the case if there is a sincere desire to see Iran incorporated long-term into the global community and not simply continue...

Matthew Crosston

KHORASAN: Where ISIS, Caspian Energy, and Great Power Politics Meet

The word on the street in Afghanistan is that the United States created ISIS to be a problem for Russia, China, and Iran. While it would not be the first time the US funded, trained, or invented militarized extremism in the name of great power politics, the whole truth of this statement is far-fetched. What it suggests is that sometime prior to the US...

Matthew Crosston

The Irony of Revolution: JCPOA as Youth Coercion Tool in Iran

Matthew Crosston

The Hydra of the Caspian Sea: Iran’s Naval Strategy

Matthew Crosston

Enemy of My Enemy: Keeping Iran Cornered through Saudi-Israeli Strategy

Matthew Crosston

The Silk Road Superhighway: Kazakh Transportation as Geopolitics

Matthew Crosston

Hammer and Nail: Spinning War from Peace in Iran’s Nuke Deal

Matthew Crosston

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