Outside Publications

The Hill Three major events have begun to clarify the next phase of the Middle East’s position in world affairs. Washington announced decertification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement with Iran; the U.S.-backed forces in Syria and Iraq...

Huffington Post Tension between Morocco and Algeria has been exacerbated anew. This time it was more foolish than ever, because it came after senseless statements of the Algerian Foreign Minister, who told an audience of businessmen that “Morocco, its...

Majalla Ten years after experiencing debilitating cyber attacks from Russia, Estonia is more wired than ever. This small northern European country on the Baltic Sea is pioneering innovative e-governance methods and has declared access to internet a human right....

Kyiv Post On Oct. 19, several thousand protesters in Kyiv cheered as parliament passed a bill that will lift parliamentary immunity. It was not the only victory of the day; parliament approved major health care reform as well. Continue...

The Diplomat While some Pyongyangites started off the week by checking out plasma-screen TV’s at a consumer goods fair, Daily NK published an ominous story that reminds the reader of the dark 1990s: An increasing number of North Koreans are suffering from the...

The George W. Bush Institute This Call to Action is part of a major new effort of the George W. Bush Institute’s Human Freedom Initiative. It seeks in a bipartisan way to affirm American values of freedom broadly understood,...

AEI Ideas In association with the Center for European Policy Analysis, I spent a little over one week in June and July interviewing diplomatic, military, and economic government officials in the Baltic States on the subject of Russia’s long-term...

Kyiv Post After a week of back-to-back meetings in Washington, Oleksandr Danyliuk is tired. He gladly downs a cup of coffee before we turn on our microphones to discuss Ukraine’s economy. The affable forty-two-year old finance minister is one...

Newsweek A week after Carter Page reportedly told the Senate Intelligence Committee he would not appear before it as part of the Trump-Russia probe, the committee has subpoenaed him for documents and testimony, according to NBC News. The former Trump...

Providence Journal As I watched the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick PBS series on the Vietnam War, I was reminded of a memorable essay by Jim Webb — Vietnam war hero, novelist, and most recently Democratic senator from Virginia — that...