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Suzan Khairi is a novelist whose passion for storytelling is deeply rooted in her experiences as a lawyer and as a member of the Yazidi community. Born and raised in Sinjar town in Iraq, Suzan was profoundly impacted by the tragic events of August 3, 2014, when her people faced genocide. This harrowing experience inspired her to use her voice and pen to shed light on the plight of her community and to explore themes of resilience, survival, and hope in her writing. In the war-torn landscape of Iraq, a chilling narrative emerges, shedding light on the atrocities committed by ISIS against the Yazidi community. Through the lens of a young Yazidi girl, readers are confronted with the stark reality of unfathomable suffering at the hands of merciless extremists. As the girl's harrowing journey unfolds, her resilience is tested against the backdrop of unspeakable cruelty and brutality. Within the pages of this gripping tale, the true face of evil is unmasked as ISIS inflicts unimaginable horrors upon innocent civilians, leaving a trail of devastation and despair in its wake. As the young girl grapples with the horrors of her reality, readers are immersed in a world where the basic principles of humanity are stripped away, replaced by a culture of violence and oppression. Through its unflinching portrayal of the Yazidi genocide and the heinous acts perpetrated by ISIS, this novel serves as a powerful reminder of the ongoing struggle for justice and the resilience of those who refuse to be silenced in the face of evil. As readers bear witness to the girl's plight, they are compelled to confront the darkest depths of human depravity and to stand in solidarity with those who continue to suffer at the hands of tyranny and oppression

"This wildly compelling, beautifully written, first-of-its-kind memoir is an incredibly important, useful, and deeply humanizing story about one transgender woman's unique experience navigating the complex world of foreign affairs and diplomacy. It's a joy to read." -Anthony Cotton, international inclusive development professional Join Robyn McCutcheon, an out and proud transgender woman, on her journey as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State. Follow her on travels that took her through the Soviet Union as a historian, to the stars as an engineer in the Hubble Space Telescope project, and onward to Russia, Romania, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan as a Foreign Service Officer representing her country on everything from human rights to nuclear arms control. Find out what it was like to transition gender while serving full-time overseas and to become an icon to the LGBTQIA+ communities in Romania and in Central Asia. Follow her as president of glifaa, one of the best known LGBTQIA+ associations in the federal government. This is a story of perseverance and personal triumph. Simply put, this is queer diplomacy at its best. Robyn McCutcheon has spent her life immersed in Soviet/Russian affairs and in pointing control for NASA missions. In 2017 she received a Superior Honor Award for her "exceptional dedication and creativity in advancing LGBTQIA+ rights in Kazakhstan" and was listed as one of the top 50 successful transgender Americans you should know. Now retired, she has bike-packed multiple times across the United States and travels frequently to Central Asia.

Table of ContentsDispatch No. 2Jeffrey Ballard, Editor-in-Chief, American Military University The Roman Army of the Mid-Republic: From Conscription to Volunteer ServiceMary Jo Davies, American Military University "Sew for Victory!" How Women During World War II Used Their Domesticity to Aid the CauseAisha Manus, Independent Historian The Guadalcanal Campaign: A Historiographical EssayWilliam F. Lawson, Liberty University Not in Our Backyard: Soviet Incursions into Latin America and U.S. Responses During the Cold WarChristopher Booth, American Military University Book Review: James Ellman's MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime CommanderDr. Robert Young, Associate Professor Department of History and Military History, American Military University Book Review: Bomb Group: The Eighth Air Force's 381st and the Allied Air Offensive Over Europe by Paul Bingley and Mike PetersDr. Matt Meador, University of Tennessee at Martin Veteran Profile: Sergeant Gim Chin United States Army - World War II Alisha Hamel, American Military University

Blood Debts: What Putin and Xi Owe Their Victims goes to the core dilemma of world affairs-how to cope with two powerful dictatorships that have inflicted severe harm on their own peoples and menace their neighbors and the entire world. Global cooperation is needed to address global problems, but is it feasible to compromise with evil?WHAT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THIS BOOKAs Blood Debts demonstrates, Walter Clemens never fails to be original, incisive, and provocative. Unafraid to tackle controversial topics and offer bold policy solutions, Clemens asks, "What do Putin and Xi owe their victim?" He concludes that nothing short of a thorough regime change in Russia and China can supply the answer. Clemens ends on both a hopeful and a gloomy note. The solution, he argues correctly, is liberal democracy. At the same time, Clemens weeps for the cultures that are no more. What, he asks, happened to Russia and China? Their top leaders have lived by the all-crushing maxim of Vladimir Lenin and Iosif Stalin: "kto kovo-who will do in whom?"-Alexander J. Motyl, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers UniversityWalter C. Clemens is at once a practical-minded political scientist, seasoned expert on both Russia and China, and a deep-died moralist. Combining a knowledge of history and international law, a grasp of Realpolitik, and moral acuity, he explores the horrific twentieth century legacies of both superpowers and their meaning for the present.-S. Frederick Starr. founding Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program at the American Foreign Policy InstituteWALTER CLEMENS is Associate, Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Boston University.

Table of Contents Note from the Editor>A Systematic Review of Policy Learning: Tiptoeing through a Conceptual Minefield>Expanding the Utility of Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Policy Studies: Present and Future>A Decade in Drug Policy and Research: Evaluating Trends from 2010 to 2020 and Presenting Major Policy Developments Saahir Shafi and Daniel J. Mallinson Seeing the Visual: A Literature Review on Why and How Policy Scholars Would Do Well to Study Influential Visualizations Eduardo Rojas-Padilla, Tamara Metze and Katrien Termeer Women's Political Empowerment in India and Bangladesh: Gender Quotas and Socio-economic Obstructions>An Arctic Promised Land: Greenlandic Independence and Security>Commentary: Ukrainian Domestic and U.S. Foreign Affairs- Regarding a 2021 Washington Debate and the Nuclear NonProliferation Regime>Commentary: The Cultural Determinants of Party System ChangeRiccardo Pelizzo and Zim Nwokora