Backgrounder: The North Korea Threat
North Korea’s recent missile test underscores the growing threat posed by the “Hermit Kingdom” to East Asian security. In responding to it, the Trump administration only has bad options to pick from.
Will Iran and the West get a Nowruz Nuclear Deal?
Negotiations are heating up as Iran and the P5+1 enter the final week ahead of a March 31st deadline for a framework deal.
Outlook 2019: Headwinds in Global Equity Markets
2018 ended with a rout in global equity markets, and the trend could well persist in the year to come.
Tracing Sudan’s Geopolitical History in the MENA
Part one of a two-part series, this article explores Sudan’s history in the MENA as well as the possibility of Shiite-Sunni geopolitical cooperation.
North Korean Cognitive Dissonance in Western Academia
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and nowhere is this truer than with regards to US policy toward North Korea.
What if Donald Trump Ends Up a Trojan Horse for Israel?
Israel’s right-wing parties have been celebrating Donald Trump’s victory, but there could be some very negative long-term implications arising from this new direction in US-Israel relations.
Latest SIGAR Report on Afghanistan Outlines New Setbacks
Ignored by a midterm obsessed mainstream media, Afghanistan continues its slow but steady deterioration.
Is Yemen the new Afghanistan?
A plot to to blow up an airliner over Detroit. The shooting rampage at Fort Hood. The attack on the USS Cole. What could they possibly have in common? Call it the Yemen connection.
Libya in Chaos: Between Tribalism and Federalism
The Geopoliticalmonitor’s Alessandro Bruno discusses the entropic forces that are making it impossible for state authorities to establish order in Libya.
Kim Jong-Un Finds His Rhetorical Dance Partner in Trump
Don’t read too much into escalating rhetoric regarding North Korea.