China’s New International Commercial Courts: Threat or Opportunity?
In January 2018, the Chinese Communist Party put forward a Central Committee Opinion developing the idea for creating a...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
China’s New International Commercial Courts: Threat or Opportunity?
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Geopoliticus
China Provides no Solution for Taiwan
Once again, Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer was the focus of heated debate...
Trump’s Ill-advised Pardon
Recently, President Trump announced that he will pardon former Army First Lieutenant Michael Behenna, who was convicted of executing...
Ignominious Facts: The Problem of Pardoning Soldiers for War Crimes
“I’d rather be judged by twelve, than carried by six.” This was muttered to me one day in Iraq...
Perceptions of Russian Interference in U.S. Elections Matter as Much as the Actual Involvement
Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller’s 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election revealed insights into Donald...
Volodymyr Zelensky: Ukraine’s Servant of the People?
In the first scene of Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky’s hit sitcom Servant of the People, three faceless oligarchs stand...
India’s Completed Quest to Put Masood Azhar on the Global Terrorist List
In December 1999, Indian Airlines flight 1C-814 was hijacked shortly after taking off from Kathmandu, Nepal, en route to...
Why Turkey and America Cannot Compromise in Syria
After three days of talks in Turkey, representatives from Washington and Ankara failed to reach agreement on the terms...
Kim Jong-un is Meeting World Leaders, but Does It Matter?
As leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un’s track record in international relations has been virtually unprecedented. On April 25,...
Korea: Back to First Principles
North Korea moved back into the headlines last week when its leader, Kim Jong-un, travelled to Vladivostok to meet...