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 True Grit
The Myths and Realities of Women in Combat
By Megan H. MacKenzie
The most persistent of the myths surrounding women in combat—that women are physically unfit for the demands of war, that the public cannot tolerate female casualties, and that female soldiers limit the cohesion of troops in combat—have been rigorously dismantled by scholars and female soldiers alike in recent years.
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 Cambodia's Children
Phnom Penh's Progress on Child Exploitation
By Holly Burkhalter
Cambodia’s unexpected success in dramatically reducing the supply of and demand for trafficked children through a professional law enforcement strategy and in collaboration with citizens and civil society is a model that can and should be supported, studied, and replicated.
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 Enlightened Despots, Then and Now
The Truth About an Islamic Enlightenment
By John M. Owen IV and J. Judd Owen
Setting aside that the Enlightenment did not end violence and self-destruction in the West (see: World War I, fascism, World War II, and the Cold War), calls for enlightenment in the Islamic world typically fail to recognize a few vital facts, not least of which is that Islamic societies have been grappling for generations with the Enlightenment, both the West’s and their own.
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 Under Suharto's Shadow
Jokowi and the Indonesian Military
By Emirza Adi Syailendra
To try to gain control and solidify his power base, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has turned to another source of power in Indonesia—army generals. He has appointed a number of prominent military leaders and former generals to key positions. This marks the first time since the 1998 democratic reforms that military figures have featured prominently in key civilian positions.
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 The Plunder of Africa
How Everybody Holds the Continent Back
By Howard W. French
Explanations for Africa's woes tend to focus either on exploitation by outsiders or corruption on the part of insiders. A revealing new book shows how the continent has been ravaged by both.
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