Geopoliticus December 4, 2013 How Populist Politicians are Isolating Pakistan In late November, while Imran Khan, an athlete turned populist politician, was lambasting the United States and inciting his... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 24, 2013 Where Will It End?: China’s East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone More lines were drawn in the East China Sea (or rather in the skies above it). With very little... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 21, 2013 Diamond (Still) in the Rough: China’s New Charm Offensive in Southeast Asia In early September, China hosted the 10th China-ASEAN Expo in southern Chinese city of Nanning. There, Chinese Premier Li... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 19, 2013 What the Unit Costs: U.S. Federal Reserve Policy, International Currencies, and Military Procurement At first glance, the movement of currencies seems to have little to do with the trajectory of military capabilities. ... Read more »
Geopoliticus July 21, 2013 Turning Point: Japan’s Upper House Election and National Security On Sunday, July 21, the Japanese electorate propelled Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (together with its... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 18, 2013 Looper: The Asian Financial Crisis Redux? Financial crises and their associated economic disruptions (or vice versa) can alter the international political order among countries by... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 31, 2013 North Korea Moves to War Footing It seems like we’ve all seen this movie before. North Korea feels affronted and blusters; South Korea and the... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 7, 2013 Winds of Change: Comparative Energy Security Policies The meltdown of three reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on... Read more »