Freedom of the Skies: A Toothless Distant Relative of Freedom of the Seas
Freedom of the Seas is one of the central principles of American foreign policy. It is the right of...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Freedom of the Skies: A Toothless Distant Relative of Freedom of the Seas
A nation must think before it acts.
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The ISIL Invasion of Iraq: Economic Winners and Losers
Amid the chaos of the conquest of a large part of Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and...
Ukraine’s Struggle for Democracy: Severe Challenges Ahead
CAN POROSHENKO BEAT THE ODDS? On May 25, 2014, Petro Poroshenko was elected president of Ukraine with 54.7 percent...
Lessons from the Cold War
“Reputation of power is power, because it draweth with it the adherence of those that need protection,” writes Thomas...
Mullah Dreams: Not Counting Sheep
This essay is reprinted with permission from The American Interest, as posted July 11, 2014: https://www.the-american-interest.com/garfinkle/2014/07/11/mullah-dreams-not-counting-sheep/. A July 3...
Egypt’s New President: “I Will Not Sleep And Neither Will You. We Must Work, Night And Day, Without Rest.”*
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, anointed president by 97 percent of the voters in May 2014, addresses Egyptians as their elder...
Russia’s Options, as Russians See Them
“e are going to continue for long time to find the Russians difficult to deal with….Like almost any other...
A Question of Rebalancing: Malaysia’s Relations With China
Malaysia’s dispute with China over islands in the South China Sea never created the diplomatic strain that the disappearance...
Will Moldova Fracture? Considering the Case of Găgăuzia
On 27 June 2012 Moldova signed a set of trade and political agreements with the European Economic Community that...
The Afghan Elections: Is Abdullah Right That He Was Wronged (Twice)?
In the final weeks before the second round of the Afghan presidential elections, my company undertook two polls of...