Xi’s Paradox: Flexible, Ideological or Both?
OPINION — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent highly provocative trip to Taiwan has placed China, Taiwan, and America front and center at the most dangerous […] More
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Is Negotiating with Putin even possible at this point?
Is Negotiating with Putin even possible at this point? OPINION — The war in Ukraine has now moved into its second, more protracted, and likely […] More
Putin’s Health and State of Mind are very Hard Targets
OPINION — The current horrific invasion of Ukraine – including aerial bombing of civilian targets in large cities – by Russian military forces, and Russian […] More
Putin’s Ukraine Gambit: Why Now and What’s Next
OPINION — Following a masterful combination of long-term strategy, gray zone tactics, hybrid warfare, and management of the information space, Russia’s President Putin has at […] More
Negotiate Like Putin
OPINION — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin never attended Harvard Business School’s esteemed negotiation course, but in the current Ukraine crisis, he has performed brilliantly, and […] More
How ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Can Shape Diplomacy with the U.S.
How ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Could Shape Diplomacy with the U.S. OPINION — As they prepare for this week’s virtual summit (their first formal meeting since […] More
Xi Jinping and the AUKUS Submarine Deal
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist with the U.S. Dept. of State and is currently Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Psychiatry-Medicine […] More
A Profile of the New Taliban Leader
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation and 2 years at the US […] More
What we Know and Should Expect from Iran’s New President
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation and 2 years at the U.S. […] More
Doing Business with Hackers, Terrorists and Dictators
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the U.S. Dept. of State […] More
ODNI’s Threat Assessment: Leadership is Missing Element
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the U.S. Dept. of State […] More
The Leader to Watch in 2021
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the U.S. Dept. of State […] More
Vladimir Putin’s Tragic Isolation
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Giving due credit for the agreement between Israel and the UAE
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The Reckoning: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the U.S. Dept. of State […] More
Who is Kim Yo-jong?
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un made headlines over the weekend as she threatened military action against South Korea, and deemed the inter-Korean liaison […] More
China’s Response to COVID-19 and what it teaches us about Xi Jinping
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Xi Jinping’s Coronavirus Challenge
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The Many Faces of Chairman Kim Jung Un
At the recent December 2019 plenum, Chairman Kim, rather than giving his traditional New Year’s speech, outlined a different strategy toward the US moving forward […] More
All Eyes On Iran
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Leaders to Watch in 2020
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A Fading Chance for Improvement with North Korea
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North Korea and Nobel Prizes
Former State Department Psychiatrist Dr. Kenneth Dekleva offers thoughts on President Trump’s latest trip to the DMZ and where the path may lead. This is […] More
What Could a Russia-North Korea Summit Mean?
What do both North Korea and Russia hope to get out of Thursday’s expected summit in Vladivostok? This is Cipher Brief Level I Member Only […] More