InternationalSecurityCommentary
The U.S.–Japan Global Alliance in a Troubled World
The taking of Japanese hostages by ISIS this week is a reminder of what a dangerous place the world is, even for a nation as… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Argentine Prosecutor Found Dead Day Before He Was Scheduled to Testify on Potential Argentine–Iranian Cooperation
Just one day before he was set to give damning testimony against Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Palestinians May Get U.S. Funding Due to Sloppy Work in Congress
The Palestinians submitted a request to join the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Jan. 2, 2014. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
First Boko Haram Kidnaps Little Girls, Now They Use Them as Suicide Bombers
Northeastern Nigeria continues to be rocked by terrorist attacks, and the lead-up to next month’s elections is complicating an already volatile situation. In a region… Read More
InternationalNews
Feared Rebel Coup in Yemen Would Complicate Fight Against al-Qaeda
Shiite rebel militiamen seized Yemen’s presidential palace and shelled the president’s nearby residence today, according to news reports. The president of Yemen, Abdu Rabbu Mansour… Read More
InternationalNews
Charlie Hebdo Editor Faults News Outlets for Not Showing Cartoons: ‘They Blur Out Democracy’
Gérard Biard, editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo, criticized news outlets that chose not to republish the French satirical magazine’s controversial cartoons after the terrorist attack that left… Read More
InternationalNews
‘We Need Inspirations All Over the World Right Now’: Why This Small North African Country Might Be It
Four years since Tunisia became known as the birthplace of the Arab Spring, the tiny North African country is fast becoming something else: a democracy…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Cuban Dissidents Shouldn’t Have to Kowtow to Dictators
There are many different shades of shame in President Obama’s decision to recognize Cuba’s unelected military dictatorship, starting of course in the Oval Office, where… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
Free Markets Smash Chinese Rare Earth Minerals Monopoly
Last week China announced that it would adhere to a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling from last year by removing export quotas among other restrictions… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Barack Obama and David Cameron Send the Wrong Signal on Iran
Today’s joint White House press conference between the U.S. president and British prime minister was dominated, rather unexpectedly, by the subject of Iran. Both Barack… Read More
InternationalNews
These Cubans Risked It All to Escape Communism. See How They Sailed to America.
Since Fidel Castro seized power in 1959, a steady stream of Cuban refugees has taken to the waves in a desperate attempt to escape the… Read More
InternationalNews
At Invitation of John Kerry, James Taylor Sings ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ to the French
Secretary of State John Kerry sought to show the United States’ support of France after the recent terrorist attack against the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo… Read More
InternationalSocietyCommentary
Kerry Urged to Speak Out Against Religious Persecution in Pakistan
A group of South Asia experts recently submitted a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to address rising religious persecution in Pakistan… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Pushing Reforms in 2015 for Japan’s Economy
This year will be important for Japan’s economic growth as the country continues to struggle to control its debt problem. In the coming months, observers… Read More
InternationalNews
Obama’s New Cuba Policy Kicks in Friday. What You Need to Know.
The Obama administration Friday will begin carrying out the first major initiative in its policy to normalize relations with Cuba, most significantly, making it easier… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Remembering William Martel, Professor, Historian and Grand Strategist
The foreign policy community has this week lost one its finest members, William C. Martel, associate professor of International Security Studies at Tufts University. Martel… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Je Suis Jimmy Lai
The degeneration of Hong Kong’s political environment continues apace with the firebombing of the home and offices of the pro-democracy newspaper owner Jimmy Lai, well-known… Read More
InternationalNews
Cuba Releases 53 Political Prisoners, White House Claims
The White House said today that Cuba has released all 53 prisoners it promised to free as part of a deal to normalize relations with… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Sri Lankans Vote Against Autocracy and Nepotism in Landmark Election
In a stunning political upset, two-term Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse lost Thursday’s election to a defector from his own party, Maithripala Sirisena. With Sirisena’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Raul Castro Is Already Double-Crossing Us Over Cuba Deal
President Obama’s change of policy on Cuba looks worse with every passing day. Remember the 53 political prisoners that Obama promised would be released? Three… Read More
InternationalCommentary
U.S. Businesses Feel Increasingly Unwelcomed in China
There was a time when the “China-lobby” meant supporters of The Republic of China (Taiwan). In the last couple decades, it has come to mean… Read More
InternationalCommentary
An Insider’s Account of How Putin Uses the Media to Brainwash Russians
If we really knew what is going on in the Kremlin backrooms, where Russia’s information war is being planned, we in the West would be… Read More
InternationalNews
Coast Guard Sees 117% Increase in Cuban Escape Attempts
Even as Washington renews diplomatic ties with Havana, hundreds of Cuban refugees continue to flee the Castro regime for America, braving the 90 miles of… Read More
InternationalNews
Cuba Releases ‘Some’ of 53 Political Prisoners, US Finally Reveals
Cuba has freed “some” of 53 political prisoners that it agreed to release in its deal to normalize relations with the United States, the State Department acknowledged… Read More
InternationalNews
High-Ranking Democrat Blasts Obama’s ‘Secret Diplomacy’ With Cuba
President Obama will have trouble appointing an ambassador to Cuba following his decision to normalize relations with the Communist government, predicts the outgoing Democratic chairman… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Tumultuous Year Ahead for Korean Peninsula
President Obama issued a new executive order to impose addition punitive measures on North Korea. Although the cyberattack on Sony Pictures and subsequent threats of… Read More
InternationalNews
Group Launches #HackThemBack, a Campaign to Bring Information to North Korea
How should the United States respond to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures? One group says we should hack them back. After the FBI said North… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What Foreign Policy Crises Could Happen in 2015
The Danish physicist Niels Bohr is supposed to have said something along the lines of: Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future…. Read More
InternationalNews
Arms Trade Treaty Won’t Help Israel
Last month, Israel signed the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty, which supposedly prevents nations from arming terrorists and mass murderers. But in reality, the treaty’s advocates… Read More
InternationalNews
Activist Will Deliver ‘The Interview’ to North Korea Using Balloon Drop
An activist has decided to bring “The Interview” to the people of North Korea. Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and an activist against its… Read More
