The 2019 Shangri La Dialogue: Not Quite the Land of Peace and Harmony
Each year since its founding in 2002, high-ranking officials of Asian-Pacific states gather for what is billed as the...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The 2019 Shangri La Dialogue: Not Quite the Land of Peace and Harmony
A nation must think before it acts.
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President Trump Should Not Pardon Soldiers Convicted of War Crimes
Much has been written in recent days regarding President Trump’s intention to pardon U.S. military commanders convicted of committing...
The New Assange Indictment: Persecuting the Press or the Overdue Protection of National Security Secrets?
On Thursday, May 23rd, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia handed down a superseding indictment in...
Taiwan on (the) Edge
Over the past 30 years there have been many moments when Taiwan-watchers worked themselves into a tizzy worrying about...
And The Beat Goes On: Congress Spars with Trump and Barr Over the Mueller Report
For those who thought that the long-awaited release of the redacted “Report On The Investiga-tion Into Russian Interference In...
Iran Seeks to Cement Legitimacy of Shia Militias
Since March, a series of massive floods has devastated several regions of Islamic Republic of Iran. Dozens have died,...
Missiles on Ships. Making Sense of Iran’s Recent Moves in the Gulf
Yet again, there is a dramatic rise in tension in the Middle East, and, yet again, missiles are at...
Hope from a Century Past: The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the First Parliamentary Republic of the Muslim World
In the waning years of the 20th century, the global triumph of liberal democracy appeared to some of America’s...
Walls and Other Barriers in Historical Perspective
In 2016, Donald Trump campaigned for the presidency of the United States, largely on a platform of increasing the...
The European Legacy of the Brexit Referendum: A Positive Impact on the EU
Elections to the European Parliament would not be the same without the now traditional round of soul-searching about what...