Geopoliticus February 17, 2014 Now Is the Time: Setting U.S. Policy on Taiwan On February 11, Taiwan marked a milestone in its relations with China. The head of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 10, 2014 Smarter Counterterrorism in The Age of Competing Al Qaeda’s Last week Ayman al- Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s global leader publicly dissolved the relationship between al Qaeda Central and the... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 4, 2014 Railway to Somewhere: Thailand’s Politics and China’s Reach in Southeast Asia Despite elections last Sunday, Thailand remains riven by political conflict. On the one side is the current government of Prime... Read more »
Geopoliticus February 3, 2014 Remarks on Kevin Powers’ The Yellow Birds The following remarks were delivered by Michael Noonan at the FPRI’s The Yellow Birds booktalk discussion on Monday, February3,... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 23, 2014 Israel: Has ‘Old Guard’ al Qaeda Shifted Focus? Yesterday, the Jerusalem Post followed later by the New York Times reported that three Palestinians seeking to attack targets... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 22, 2014 Fox Hunting: China’s Response to Japan’s Diplomatic Campaign Last November, I wrote a blog entitled What Does the Fox Say? that outlined once-hesitant Japan’s efforts to raise... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 6, 2014 In Syria, an al Qaeda group falls victim to other Islamists and jihadists The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (a.k.a. ISIS) for many months dominated the jihadi landscape in Syria. ... Read more »