The British General Election of 2010: A Moment of Reckoning for a Torn Country?
One of the most perceptive insights in the late Samuel Huntington’s much-misunderstood essay The Clash of Civilizations was its...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The British General Election of 2010: A Moment of Reckoning for a Torn Country?
A nation must think before it acts.
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How the U.S. and Mexico Can Take Back the Border—Together
On March 3, masked gunmen surrounded the United States consulate in Monterrey, Mexico, departing the exterior perimeter after a...
A Note on the Western Sahara
In September 2007, the late Michael Radu wrote an important E-Note, titled “Struggle in the Sand Box: Western Sahara...
China’s “Peaceful Rise.” “Harmonious” Foreign Relations, and Legal Confrontation – And Lessons from the Sino-Japanese Dispute over the East China Sea
China’s rise naturally raises concern among its neighbors about Beijing’s agenda. China has emphasized that its “rise” will be...
What’s Happened To Democracy In China?: Elections, Law And Political Reform
The following account is based on a panel discussion FPRI co-sponsored with the University of Pennsylvania Law School and...
Power in East Asia: A Conference Report
On January 25, 2010, FPRI held a conference, co-sponsored with the Reserve Officers Association, examining power in East Asia...
Avoiding a Homeland Security Error That Could Leave the U.S. Flying Blind
Most of us are aware of the many wonderful uses of the Global Positioning System (GPS) that allows us...
The Grand Illusion Continues: What the Lisbon Treaty Means for the European Union and its Global Role
While the EU is as beset as ever by internal divisions, European elites’ ambitions for strengthening integration now revolve...
I’m Not a Security Official…I Just Play One on TV
In August 2003, an electric grid failure led to a widespread blackout in the Northeastern US. Within minutes of...
What’s So Important About the Abdulmutallab Affair?
The Crux of the Matter Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempt at bombing Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009 certainly...