Iran, the EU, and the USA: The European Search for (Some Degree of) Autonomy
The recent effort by France, the United Kingdom, and Germany to create a financial mechanism designed to bypass U.S....
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Iran, the EU, and the USA: The European Search for (Some Degree of) Autonomy
A nation must think before it acts.
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Anatomy of a Fraud: The Moldovan Parliamentary Elections
The February 2019 Moldovan parliamentary elections might seem like a story of triumph against adversity and the victory of...
Ukraine’s Presidential Election and the Future of its Foreign Policy
As Ukrainians prepare to elect a president on March 31, the West and the East wait to see which...
Requiem for Mosul
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has received a great deal of credit for the defeat of the Islamic...
Beyond the Hanoi Summit
The awkward and obviously unintentional collapse of the talks between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump on February 28 in...
How Terrorist Groups Learn: Implications for al-Qaeda
With the Islamic State (IS) losing the last of its territory, the global jihadist movement is now entering a...
Five Generations of Online Manipulation: The Evolution of Advanced Persistent Manipulators
The Kremlin’s social media manipulation from afar during the 2016 U.S. Presidential election has shaken Americans’ confidence in democracy...
Russia’s Tragic Great Power Politics
Many Western scholars studying Russia and policymakers dealing with Russia have long found it an exhausting and bewildering endeavor....
The Not At All Autonomous Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: An International Human Rights Embarrassment and Pothole on China’s Belt and Road
The northwestern-most area of the People’s Republic of China has fit uneasily into the PRC since the day its...
A Political ‘Roller Coaster’ toward Elections in Israel
Israel's political system is actively preparing for the general elections expected to take place on April 9th, 2019. The...