A Tale of Two Exceptionalisms: The Future of the UK and its EU Membership after the Election
David Cameron’s unexpected triumph in the 2015 UK General Election means that Britons will be asked to vote on...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
A Tale of Two Exceptionalisms: The Future of the UK and its EU Membership after the Election
A nation must think before it acts.
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Reforming the Israeli Electoral System: What’s Needed? What’s Possible?
Over a month and a half has passed since the March 17th Israeli parliamentary elections decisively granted Netanyahu’s Likud...
Germany in the 21st Century, Part III: Who is a German?
If Americans were asked to identify a city that most epitomizes Germany’s defining 21st century dilemma, few would instinctively...
Germany in the 21st Century, Part II: The View from the Netherlands
In January 2011, Colleen Geske, a Canadian expatriate and Amsterdam resident for seven years, started the blog “Stuff Dutch...
Why We Need the Trans-Pacific Partnership and How to Get It Right
The United States and 11 other countries are negotiating an enormous trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which will...
Germany in the 21st Century, Part I: The Fourth Reich
In central Berlin, inside a German government building courtyard two blocks from the concrete catacombs of the Holocaust Memorial,...
The Rebalance to Southeast Asia
The “Pivot” toward East Asia (subsequently rebranded as the “Rebalance”) was first articulated by Secretary of State Clinton in...
Fighting Under the Earth: The History of Tunneling in Warfare
Military strategists and pundits alike often refer to warfare in terms of three domains — namely land, sea, and...
Why Iran Matters to South Korea — and Why South Korea’s Middle East Posture Should Matter to the United States
A Curated Conversation with the Korean Ambassador to the United Nations The controversial Iranian nuclear framework agreement presented on...
Taiwan’s Latest Bone of Contention: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
A year ago, Taiwan-watchers were riveted by the month-long occupation of the island’s legislative chamber by young activists bent...