What North Korea’s Coronavirus Measures Say About Its System
The North Korean government response to the coronavirus has been extreme, but prudent and reasonable in context. It has...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
What North Korea’s Coronavirus Measures Say About Its System
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
What the Iowa Caucus Means for Russia
The complicated political dance that is the Iowa caucus devolved into a flustered and chaotic disaster for the Democratic...
The Enduring Legacy of French and Belgian Islamic State Foreign Fighters
The Islamic State’s attacks in Paris in November 2015 and Brussels in March 2016 demonstrated ISIS’s reach from the...
The Future of Russia’s Su-57: Few Customers and Little Interest Abroad
On December 24, Russia’s Sukhoi-57 (Su-57) fighter jet crashed in the country’s Far East dur-ing a test flight. The...
The Next Front: China and Indonesia in the South China Sea
“There is no territorial dispute between Indonesia and China,” has been an often-heard refrain from Indonesia’s leaders for decades....
Myanmar in China’s Embrace
China’s challenge to America and its drive for global primacy will dominate international politics for the foreseeable future. This...
Can Oman Survive Its Own Neighborhood After the Death of Sultan Qaboos?
The small Gulf state of Oman’s identity is closely—if not inextricably—linked with the person of Sultan Qaboos, who passed...
The Future of the Kuomintang in Taiwan: Reform, Recalibrate, or Stay the Course?
Once again, the future of Kuomintang (KMT), the political party headed by Chiang Kai-shek for decades and that favors...
What is the FISA Agenda as the New Decade Begins?
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) enters 2020 under the microscope in a way seldom seen in the four...
Eastern Promises: Our German Problem
It’s comforting to believe that frequently rocky US-German relations over the last three years have been due largely to...