Trump and the Erosion of the Internationalist Era
1945 not only saw the end to the horrors and destruction brought on by one of the most devastating events in human…
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Avoiding the Second Cold War
On Monday, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would begin withdrawing select parts of its…
The Economic Consequences of Peace: Winners and Losers from Iranian Reintegration
The exchange of “commodities of mutual intelligence,” reads a 1561 letter from Queen Elizabeth I to…
The Peace to End All Peace: The Munich Ceasefire and the Coming of the Second Cold…
President Obama and his diplomats assured the world there was no military solution to the Syrian civil war, even…
Erdogan’s Balancing Act
As the new year unfolds, Turkey—under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan—will continue to hold an increasingly…
The First and Last Resort: A Look Back at Russia’s Annexation of Crimea
Had one hinted to the average Soviet citizen in 1975 – the thick of Soviet stagnation and bleakness – that a…
How ISIS Terror Has Reshaped World Politics
The mass slaughter in Paris, the lock down in Brussels, the anti-Arab paranoia on the European far right, the…
A False Theory of True Conclusions
A Confucian adage says: “It is pointless to search for a black cat in a dark room, especially if it is not there.”…
Russia’s Invisible Hand – Europe’s Next Frontier: Serbia and…
On September 30th, the Kremlin issued orders for the beginning of Russia’s ongoing military intervention in Syria.…
Russia and the Baltics: Hard Choices – Finland and NATO
“Finland should think of the consequences, if it ponders joining NATO. It must ask, could joining start World War…