The Russians are Seeping In, the Americans are Pivoting Out, and the Germans are Moving Up: The Future of Europe
The objective of much of US foreign policy toward Europe of the past century was, to use Lord Ismay’s...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Russians are Seeping In, the Americans are Pivoting Out, and the Germans are Moving Up: The Future of Europe
A nation must think before it acts.
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Canada’s Midterm Blues: The Harper Government Hits Rocks
Canadian activity has an entr’acte (intermission) quality. We are in a period of pause, more confident of what has...
Complete the Islamists’ Defeat
“Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak all tried to get rid of the Brotherhood. Only Mursi succeeded.” –Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, Facebook, July...
Egypt’s Counter Revolution
As news agencies and politicians around the world debate how best to describe Egypt recent upheaval, Egyptian non-Islamists, much...
A Second, Corrective Revolution?
Twenty-nine months ago Egyptians rose up against the corrupt, autocratic and aging dictator Hosni Mubarak. They poured into the...
Can the EU Rescue Democracy in Hungary?
The European Union always takes steps to ensure that a prospective member state meets certain criteria regarding democratic practices....
Defense Reorganization Under Sequestration: A Speech by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on December 1, 2016
This “speech” by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff addressing the National Press Club in Washington DC...
Revamping the Nagorny Karabakh Peace Process
On June 18, at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, Presidents Francois Hollande, Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin issued...
Snowden and the “Reset”
For almost the first time, the Obama administration is showing signs of weariness with Russian behavior. The refusal of...
Syria is Iran’s Stalingrad
The growing infusion of Iranian-backed Lebanese and Iraqi Shiite fighters into the Syrian civil war is causing some veteran...