Brexit & The Irish Border 101
British Prime Minister Theresa May was in Northern Ireland yesterday and today to address what has become Brexit’s thorniest...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Brexit & The Irish Border 101
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Geopoliticus
Georgian Shadow Democracy in the Age of Illiberalism
This spring, Georgia marked—with understandable pride—the centennial of the first democratic republic founded on May 26, 1918. This brief,...
NATO—Who’s In, Who’s Out, Who’s Down?
Last week’s summit of NATO leaders has already inspired a great deal of serious analysis and criticism, and has...
Trade War: Acting Without Thinking
The Trump administration has launched a no-kidding trade war with China—and no one who knows Donald Trump well is...
Making Democracy Great Again
It wasn’t the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and it wasn’t meant to be. Bono wasn’t there, nor...
Malaysia (er, Mahathir) Rebooted: Malaysia’s Foreign Policy Interlude
Mahathir Mohamad is back. After serving as Malaysia’s prime minister from 1981 to 2003, the 92-year old Mahathir returned...
A Grander Strategy at Work?: North Korea, China, and Trump’s Suspension of the U.S.-South Korean Military Exercise
President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in Singapore lasted only a few hours. But it...
Ruble’s Reach: Russian Economic Influence in Europe
Soon after the fall of the Soviet Union, Moscow sought to reassert its influence in Europe with calls for...
Lt. Gen. Bernard E. “Mick” Trainor, USMC (ret.): An Appreciation
On Sunday morning, I opened an email and learned of the passing of Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor, USMC...
Trump’s Summit Cancellation: What It Means, and Where We Go from Here
From the beginning, the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un was slated to be a strange event. What...