Alex Mazzone

Alex Mazzone is studying Economics at Georgetown University. He will be a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University studying Global Security Studies in the fall of 2022.

Disappear, Now Reappear: The Effects of a Renewed US Military Presence in Somalia

The announcement in May 2022 by the Biden administration on the revival of a US footprint in Somalia resulted in five hundred American forces...

Money and Competition: An Argument Against US Monetary Support of Ukraine

President Biden’s recent appeal to Congress on a multibillion dollar package for Ukraine has brought into question the efficacy of how Washington engages in...

The Nuclear Shadow: US Nuclear Policy in the Wake of Ukraine Crisis

The current quagmire in Ukraine has brought into question the realizable use of nuclear weapons by Russia. Indeed, the growing consensus in Washington about...

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Four Years On, Ukraine’s War Still Refuses to End

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The Maghreb’s New Architecture: Beyond the Myth of the Algerian Pillar

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