The Future of Mexico, Part II: As Mexico City Turns
On January 29, 2016, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed a law changing the official name of Mexico’s capital...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Future of Mexico, Part II: As Mexico City Turns
A nation must think before it acts.
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The First Hundred Days: Trump Meets Asia…and Reality
The first 100 days of a president’s term—the “honeymoon period,” during which his power and influence are believed to...
Can a Hydra Ever Be a Good Pet? Federal Information Technology Modernization’s Likely Failure
In Greek mythology, the Hydra was a many-headed serpent (accounts range from six to more than 50 heads) which...
Birds of a Feather: As Viktor Orbán’s Cronies Unload on President Trump, Orbán Sidles Up to President Putin
The Hungarian proverb Madarat tolláról, embert barátjáról translates roughly as “You can tell a bird by its feathers, and...
Mar-a-Lago: The Summit that Wasn’t
Palm Beach heaved a collective sigh of relief as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plane lifted off from the county...
Khan Sheikhoun, Shayrat Air Base, and What Next?
By now the world knows that U.S. military forces for the first time since the onset of the Syrian...
The Future of Mexico, Part I: The Other Mexican Border
Even though Mexico has its own motives for securing its southern border, the United States has an interest as...
Thinking Beyond China When Dealing with North Korea: Is There a Role for Russia?
Washington’s continued fixation on China as the only route to the solution of the North Korea nuclear problem is...
Counterinsurgency From the Bottom Up: Colonel H.R. McMaster and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Tel Afar, Spring-Fall 2005
By the time Col. H.R. McMaster led elements of his 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (3rd ACR) into northern Iraq’s...
Donald Trump is No Friend of Taiwan
When President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan called then-President-elect Donald Trump, it should have been the beginning of a beautiful...