Follyanna?
Eleanor H. Porter’s 1913 classic, Pollyanna, bequeathed to the English language a new and concise term for oblivious, overweening...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Follyanna?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Why Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s Day-Trip to Taiping Island was Such a Big Deal
When Taiwan’s soon-to-step-down President Ma Ying-jeou made a pre-Lunar New Year’s visit to Itu Aba / Taiping Island in...
Structure, Strategy, and American Power: Insights from America’s Last Geopolitical Resurgence
1979 was a bad year for U.S. foreign policy. At home, the country was being battered by stagflation and...
Getting Serious about North Africa
A growing number of terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe have a North African connection — yet...
The Quiet Frenchman: Why François Hollande is Staying Silent on Brexit
European heads of state and government meet in Brussels 18-19 February 2016 to discuss the terms of a proposed...
Paradoxes of the Gray Zone
Gray, it seems, is the new black. The concept of “gray zone” conflict has generated significant attention and controversy...
Taiwan’s 2016 Elections and Cross-Strait Relations
When Taiwanese voters went to the polls on January 16, 2016, they did something that has become admirably routine...
Strategic Planning for the Next President, Part Two: Recommendations for the NSC Process
This is the second in a series of three essays on the challenge of strategic foreign policy planning for...
Foreseeable, Foreseen, Ignored: Is Iran Advancing Its Missile Program at Home While Offshoring its Nuclear Program to North Korea?
A 1994 exposé published in the Russian language newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda asked, “Will Kim Il-sung Explode Our Atomic Bomb?”...
China and Russia: The Partnership Deepens
Photo Credit: www.kremlin.ru Relations between China and Russia became noticeably closer in the past year and, if the numerous agreements...