Empathizing with Iran
Iran is currently sending two distinct messages to the West: 1) Iran is willing to cooperate with the IAEA and engage in productive diplomatic discussions; 2) Iran is hell-bent on the destruction of Israel and is only interested in engaging in protracted diplomatic discussions to delay its inevitable pursuit of enriched uranium.
Four Reforms to Save the Lebanese Economy
These four reforms could help overcome the dysfunction of recent years and put the Lebanese economy back on a path toward rejuvenation.
Who Will Lead in a World on Fire?
Faced with spreading conflict and instability throughout the world, who will lead?
Vietnam Repels another Enemy at the Border: COVID-19
This time Hanoi’s preferred weapons were science-based policy and epidemic planning.
Assessing the Terrorist Threat to the Sochi Olympics
The Geopoliticalmonitor’s Laurent Vinatier discusses the possibility of an attack by a Caucasus-based terrorist group on the Sochi Olympics.
Contradictions Abound at Obama’s Final Nuclear Security Summit
President Obama’s final Nuclear Security Summit seems unlikely to address the geopolitical elephant in the room in South Asia: Pakistan’s growing arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons.
Great Power Competition in the Balkans Heating Up
Great power competition in the Balkans is set to intensify over the short-term, especially if Hilary Clinton wins the US presidency.
Theresa May’s Gamble with the ECJ
Brexit negotiations are now touching upon fundamental security questions to which Theresa May’s government has no real answers.
Geopolitical Risk on Energy Prices Overblown
Supply and demand – not geopolitical factors – will move oil prices through 2017.
Is the EU Finally Getting Tough on Smoking?
New regulations targeting Big Tobacco are being rolled out throughout Europe.