What Otto Warmbier’s Death Says about the North Korean System
The tragic passing of Otto Warmbier on Monday, June 19, says a lot about the North Korean system. His...
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Categories for Geopoliticus
Russia’s Existential Threat to NATO in the Baltics
NATO seems more united today than it has been at any time since the end of the Cold War....
Taiwan Loses Another Ally
In another blow to Taiwan’s ever-shrinking list of diplomatic allies comes the news that Panama has severed ties with...
NATO’s Baltic Defense Challenge
As NATO expanded eastwards after the Cold War, the geography that the Alliance needed to defend changed significantly (See...
Intra-GCC Rift Redux
Monday, June 5 marked the official re-ignition of the intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) rift, centered once again on Qatari...
Comments on Iraq: Where Do We Go From Here?
On May 18, 2017, FPRI hosted a Main Line Briefing on Iraq: Where Do We Go From Here. The...
Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions on Russia’s Economy
In early 2015, Western leaders thought they had Russia cornered. A year earlier they imposed on Russia economic sanctions,...
Putin’s Maginot Line Exposed by North Korea’s Missile Launch
As Russian President Vladimir Putin aims his country’s missile defenses westward toward an ambiguous adversary, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un...
Cybersecurity Sitrep: It’s My PC and I’ll Cry If I Wanna…
In February 2016, we wrote about the dispute between the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Apple, Inc....
What Russia Wants in Syria
The recent U.S. cruise missile attack in Syria disrupted—at least for the near term—any prospect of a “reset” in...