PUBLICATIONS

The US-Israeli war with Iran has seen the Trump administration pursue regime change through a form of direct, unilateral military action that is highly novel in the post-World War II international system. Nik Vacano explores how this reflects a turn back to 19th-century gunboat diplomacy and argues that the strategic shortcomings of this approach make it highly inadvisable.

Mearsheimer has amassed impressive popularity over his argument blaming the West for Russia's aggression, yet his claims contain glaring flaws—rather, greater explanations exist for the causes of the Russo-Ukrainian war.