The Complexity of Peacekeeping Operations
Bottom Line Up Front In December 2018, the U.S. announced it would look to end its support for‘unproductive, unsuccessful and unaccountable U.N. peacekeeping missions.’ […] More
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A Struggle to Control the World’s Wireless Networks
Bottom Line Up Front On March 6, Meng Wanzhou, CFO of the Chinese tech company Huawei, had an extradition hearing in Canada where she […] More
China as the Third Player in the Hanoi Summit
Bottom Line Up Front: The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, held on February 28, produced […] More
Iran’s Foreign Minister Resigns
Bottom Line Up Front The announced resignation of Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, reflects a growing domestic power struggle over the 2015 multilateral […] More
Right Wing Terrorism and ‘The Enemy Within’
Bottom Line Up Front Between 2009 and 2018, 73.3% of all domestic extremist-related killings have been perpetrated by right-wing extremists. On February 15, authorities […] More
Reluctant Justice for Returning Foreign Fighters and Families
Bottom Line Up Front As the last territory held by the so-called Islamic State is reclaimed, the issue of what to do with returning […] More
Energy and Aid as Leverage in Venezuela
Bottom Line Up Front The U.S. has enacted sanctions against Venezuela’s national oil company as well as against embattled President Nicolas Maduro’s inner circle. […] More
Approaching a Dangerous Precipice in South Asia
Bottom Line Up Front On February 18, Pakistan-based militants killed four Indian soldiers during a raid in Kashmir, just days after 40 Indian soldiers […] More
Setting U.S. Relations with Saudi Arabia on a Correction Course
There was never any question that America’s relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would become one of its most important in the region and […] More
The Global Divide Over the 5G National Security Risk
Fresh off the heels of the Munich security conference, a rift remains between the U.S. and its allies over their approach to 5G networks and […] More
The Serious Trust Deficit Between Washington and Pyongyang
OPINION — Two senior U.S. military commanders in the Indo-Pacific area this week questioned whether North Korea would ever denuclearize, just 12 days before the next […] More
Trump-Kim Nuclear Diplomacy: Round Two in Vietnam
Bottom Line Up Front At the end of February, U.S. President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will meet in Vietnam following […] More
Iran’s Resilient Revolution
Bottom Line Up Front The 40thanniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution finds the country in a stronger regional position than at any time since the […] More
The Challenge of Intensifying Climate Change
Bottom Line Up Front Even as President Trump occasionally mocks the science underpinning global warming, the trend lines show an undeniable and intensifying climate […] More
The U.S. Has Abandoned Leadership of the Internet
A hundred years from now historians will write that one of America’s greatest contributions to the world was the Internet. Though other countries and foreign […] More
Is Peace with the Taliban Possible?
Bottom Line Up Front After nearly two decades at war in Afghanistan, the United States seems to be seriously pursuing a negotiated peace agreement […] More
A Farewell to Arms Control
Bottom Line Up Front Just last week, the United States pulled out of the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing years of Russian […] More
What’s in a Name? Membership in NATO
Bottom Line Up Front On January 31, Greece announced it would vote on the proposed NATO accession plan put forward by the newly anointed […] More