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Author Archives: Rajan Menon

Rajan Menon is the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of International Relations at the Powell School, City College of New York, and senior research fellow at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. He is the author, most recently, of The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention.

Posted inChina, Russia, United States, World

Hypersonic weapons and national (in)security

by Rajan Menon October 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Hypersonic weapons close in on their targets at a minimum speed of Mach 5, five times the speed of sound or 6,125 kilometers an hour. They are among the latest entrants in an arms competition that has embroiled the United States for generations, first with the Soviet Union, today with China and Russia. Pentagon officials […]

Posted inAfghanistan, France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Yemen’s descent into hell: a Saudi-American war of terror

by Rajan Menon September 20, 2018
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Is Trump shredding the Iran deal the least of our problems?

by Rajan Menon January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

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