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Paris and the Prospects & Perils of a Post-American Order

Bottom Line Up FrontAs the recent World War I centenary tribute in Paris foreshadowed, the world order may be shifting, with the contours of a [...] More

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Social Security and Medicare Could Cripple National Security

When giving public or semi-public talks, I have long been asked “What single threat worries you the most? What keeps you up at night?” When I served [...] More

Don't Let China Start Calling the Shots in Pakistan

The vast size of the proposed China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has players on all sides struggling to calculate the pros and cons for their [...] More

Foreign Investment Helps Boost U.S. National Security

President Donald Trump is currently on his first trip to China and East Asia. The visit comes at a time when America's allies in the region are [...] More

Will Egypt’s Currency Reform Raise Risk of Revolt?

Last November, Egypt’s Central Bank announced it was taking steps to allow the pound to trade freely on the currency market. The move to float was [...] More

Modi: Pro Business, Not Pro Markets

Last November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi implemented a demonetization of the country's two most popular bank notes, sparking chaos across [...] More
India Races to Revamp its Economy and Military

India Races to Revamp its Economy and Military

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is well known for his massive Twitter following – roughly 32 million – and obsession with taking selfies at every [...] More

Free Trade’s New Champions

The recently agreed framework for a Europe-Japan free trade agreement could not provide a clearer indication as to the changing of the guard in terms [...] More
Japan and the EU Show That Free Trade Will Not Wait for Trump

Japan and the EU Show That Free Trade Will Not Wait for Trump

In keeping with his America First agenda, President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with the promised new direction in U.S. trade and international [...] More
Are France and Germany the Last Hope for the EU?

Are France and Germany the Last Hope for the EU?

With Britain leaving the European Union, a surge in support for populist and anti-EU parties across the continent, and an uncertain United States [...] More

France Must Reform Before Building a Franco-German Engine

Will French President Emmanuel Macron be able to work with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to restore a fracturing European Union to a position of [...] More

The Germans Won’t Budge on their Vision of Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron clinched a major win in the country’s recent parliamentary elections, and as Germany looks toward federal elections [...] More

Our National Security Relies on a Healthy Economy

The most important determinant of a country’s national security is the health of its economy and its society. That is a strong statement, but it is [...] More