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Nov 6, 2024 | 
newsweek.com | Doug Livermore |Alexander Noyes
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Ukrainian special operations forces are stepping up efforts to sabotage railroads and other Russian targets, which are key to Moscow's logistics strategy supporting their war of attrition in Ukraine. The United States and other like-minded allies should likewise ramp up support to organize, train, equip, and share intelligence with Ukrainian national resistance warfare efforts. Doing so could help tip the balance in Ukraine's favor.
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May 1, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Alexander Noyes
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
newsweek.com | Alexander Noyes
00:45Nikki Haley Beats Donald Trump In Key Swing State: New Polls By Alexander Noyes political scientist, RAND Corporation On Jan. 6, 2021, former President Donald Trump launched what scholars have called a failed executive coup—also known as a self-coup—aimed to perpetuate his hold on power after losing at the ballot box. While this event captured the world, other presidential putsches across the globe have largely failed to garner similar attention.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
rand.org | Alexander Noyes
This commentary first appeared in Newsweek on January 11, 2024. On Jan. 6, 2021, former President Donald Trump launched what scholars have called a failed executive coup—also known as a self-coup—aimed to perpetuate his hold on power after losing at the ballot box. While this event captured the world, other presidential putsches across the globe have largely failed to garner similar attention.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
rand.org | Alexander Noyes |Daniel Egel
Though it is rarely said out loud, the United States is currently in an irregular world war with its strategic competitors, namely China and Russia. America needs to act now to help prevent and prepare for future conventional great-power wars, which would be devastating to all sides in both blood and treasure.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
newsweek.com | Alexander Noyes |Daniel Egel
Though it is rarely said out loud, the United States is currently in an irregular world war with its strategic competitors, namely China and Russia. America needs to act now to help prevent and prepare for future conventional great-power wars, which would be devastating to all sides in both blood and treasure.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
rand.org | Alexander Noyes
Both terrorism and coups are on the rise in the Sahel. This is a troubling trend that the United States should be working to reverse. To do this, Washington needs to ramp up support aimed at improving security governance, professionalizing militaries, and strongly sanctioning all forms of military takeovers in the region. This will require a real shift from the current U.S. security approach in the region. Worrying Rise in Extremism and Coups The Sahel is now the “epicenter” of terrorism globally.
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Jun 6, 2023 | 
hoover.org | Alexander Noyes
Both terrorism and coups are on the rise in the Sahel. This is a troubling trend that the United States should be working to reverse. To do this, Washington needs to ramp up support aimed at improving security governance, professionalizing militaries, and strongly sanctioning all forms of military takeovers in the region. This will require a real shift from the current U.S. security approach in the region. Worrying rise in extremism and coupsThe Sahel is now the “epicenter” of terrorism globally.
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May 31, 2023 | 
politicalviolenceataglance.org | Alexander Noyes
Guest post by Alexander NoyesOn May 17, the president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, dissolved the country’s legislature in the midst of impeachment proceedings against him. Did Ecuador just have a self-coup? Opposition leaders say yes. But the answer is no, at least for now. This matters greatly for the country’s democratic trajectory and for the international community’s response.
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May 17, 2023 | 
rand.org | Alexander Noyes
Last week, the United States reversed its longstanding opposition to sending Ukraine F-16 advanced aircraft to aid its fight against Russia. The Biden administration previously had expressed concerns that the jets would be too sophisticated for the Ukrainians and that providing the American-made aircraft could lead to escalation with Russia. Ukraine's impressive, continued battlefield success appears to have changed minds. The policy reversal is a smart call.
