Taiwan, The Security Flashpoint
Taiwan has become the most salient geostrategic conflict point in East Asia. The island’s future is not merely a regional…
Japan’s Rise as Regional Balancer
Japan is now shifting from being a cautious ally to an independent power. Japan’s strategy of keeping a low profile…
France, Germany, Far-Right Undermining European Stability
A new challenge for Europe: The far-right in Germany and France is gaining strength. It is threatening democracy, the future…
What the Rubio Hearing Revealed : A More Transactional, Security-First America
The June 2nd Congressional hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs was…
Magyar Challenges Sulyok Over Constitutional Power
The constitutional confrontation in Hungary, which started after the end of the end of the Viktor Orbán’s premiership and the…
Japan’s Return to Strategic Centrality
Japan has reemerged as the Indo-Pacific’s most important stabilizing force. This is not the Japan of the 1990s, defined by…
Bangladesh on the Tightrope: One Hundred Days of Democratic Governance in a Fractured World
For most newly elected governments, the first hundred days represent a honeymoon period a window of goodwill, bold promises, and…
Xi Jinping’s Tibet: Authoritarianism at the Frontier
When Xi Jinping rose to power as Chinese Communist Party general secretary in 2012 and state president in 2013, he inherited…
The Dragon Tightens Its Coils: China’s Strategic Encirclement of India’s Eastern Flank
There is a peculiar arrogance embedded in the cartographic imagination of the People’s Republic of China — an arrogance rooted…
The Beijing Axis and the End of the American Monopoly
Vladimir Putin’s latest visit to Beijing, China falls into the category of events where symbolism sometimes matters more than treaties….
