China-US Relations under President Trump
The now-infamous Taiwan phone call is a taste of things to come: US-China relations won’t be ‘business as usual’ under President Trump.
US Elections: Leadership without Direction vs. Direction without Leadership
Here’s hoping that Joe Biden’s “return to normalcy” won’t drag US foreign policy back into antiquated strategic thinking that desperately needs an overhaul.
Coronavirus in Bulgaria: Conspiracy Theories and Mass Indifference
The Bulgarian public’s suspicion of elite power is on full display during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Loopholes in US-Iraq Security Pact
A reinterpretation of the recently signed U.S.-Iraq security pact leaves loopholes in the agreement undermining the very concessions originally negotiated. U.S. troops will no longer be compelled to vacate Iraqi cities as called for by the Status-of-Forces Agreement (SOFA). Exposing the deal’s loopholes threatens a rejection by the Iraqi public via the proposed July 2009 national referendum.
US-Vietnam Rapprochement Fast-tracked amid South China Sea Dispute
President Obama’s upcoming visit to Vietnam reflects how the South China Sea dispute has made unlikely allies out of the two countries.
Cameroon Crisis Imperils Bilateral Relations, Cocoa Crop
A long-running linguistic dispute in Cameroon has now spawned a secessionist movement that’s imperiling both the country’s bilateral relations with Nigeria and its cocoa-growing heartland in the southwest.
GPM Global Forecast: Panama Papers Edition
This week’s forecast highlights fallout from the Panama Papers in Brazil, Russia, China, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine.
The Dangerous Simplicity of Brett Kavanaugh
Make no mistake: Brett Kavanaugh is not Neil Gorsuch 2.0. On key constitutional matters, the two couldn’t be any more different.
The Fallacy of the ‘Humanitarian’ Intervention
It’s about time for a frank discussion about the concept of humanitarianism through the barrel of a gun and whether it’s a boon or a bane to international society and human rights as a whole.
Japan Needs to Wake Up on Terrorism
Japan has lagged behind many of its Western counterparts in the fight against international terrorism, and this needs to change.