Geopoliticus December 11, 2017 What’s in a Name?: Strategy Behind the “Indo-Pacific” Throughout his tour of Asia in November 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to the region through which... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 28, 2017 Spared a War: Abe’s Victory and Japan’s Rearmament I made my genuine Thanksgiving on October 27. The occasion was Mr. Abe’s crushing victory in the Japanese election;... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 13, 2017 Conflict Escalation: China and India’s Territorial Dispute in the Himalayas During the summer of 2017, an unusually volatile territorial spat between China and India erupted in the Himalayan Mountains.... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 10, 2017 Trump’s Seoul Speech: All the Right Points, Still No Way Forward President Trump’s speech in South Korea’s National Assembly on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 was likely the best foreign policy... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 26, 2017 What a 1991 CIA Assessment on North Korea Tells Us about the Current Crisis The current situation is no ordinary escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula. Those happen with regular frequency, but... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 18, 2017 Our Brave New Nuclear World So now we have a North Korea armed with long-range missiles and thermonuclear weapons. Make no mistake. This is... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 12, 2017 Selling Out the Rohingyas In the past several weeks, much attention has been devoted to the abject plight of the minority, predominantly Muslim,... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 30, 2017 The Mystery of China’s Naval Strategy Almost daily, we have news of Chinese military preparations or activities: her new second aircraft carrier, her quantum communications,... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 9, 2017 What North Korea’s Statement against Trump Really Means It would be hard to deny that rhetoric on and around the Korean peninsula is at a high mark.... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 1, 2017 After North Korean Missile Test, South Korean President Takes a Stance North Korea’s latest ICBM test—conducted on July 28—was not as big of a shock as the one preceding it.... Read more »