Geopoliticus June 28, 2017 Of Modi and Trump: A Case of Continuity? Indo-U.S. relations, despite some inevitable vicissitudes, had been mostly on an upswing since the second Clinton administration. After dramatic... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 14, 2017 President Trump on NATO—Never Mind? While watching President Trump’s April 12 press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, I was reminded of a... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 9, 2017 Trump, Tsai, and the Three Communiques: Prospects for Stability in US-China-Taiwan Relations The Shanghai Communique of 1972 and the U.S.-China Joint Communiques of 1979 and 1982 have been essential foundations of... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 6, 2017 Is Trump Russia’s Manchurian Candidate? No. Here’s Why “Is Trump a Manchurian Candidate?” The Trump as “Manchurian Candidate” scenario has been a constant query for my... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 21, 2017 National Security Advisor McMaster: The Good and Bad of Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice – General Officer Edition” “I’ve got Captain McMaster for MilArt!” West Point cadets enrolled in Military History 302 during the early 1990’s spoke... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 26, 2017 Yesterday was not a good day in American history Yesterday was not a good day in American history: We initiated a migration ban on seven Muslim countries, although... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 18, 2017 Why al Qaeda and Islamic State Threats To Attack The West Should Be Taken More Seriously Now Much like other moments when al Qaeda seemed destined for defeat, an emerging force arises to breathe life into... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 11, 2017 Japan’s Precarious Position in the Asia Over the last few years, Japan’s foreign policy gained a coherence rarely seen in decades. No doubt pressure from... Read more »
Geopoliticus December 1, 2016 Revival of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are both free-trade agreements in Asia that... Read more »
Geopoliticus August 15, 2016 Donald Trump on ISIS: Being Wrong, and Saying It Wrong, Too Is it the nature of things that action should partake of exact truth less than speech? -Socrates, The Republic... Read more »