South China Sea Crisis and Intensifying US-Chinese Relations
The most recent talks at the 14th annual Shangri-La Dialogue, a security forum attended by governments from…
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The Challenge of Enforcement: New Laws in New Lands
If you’ve read my last posts on the TPP, you will have noted that one of the things that I’ve outlined that the…
Candidates in Flux
It's been an interesting 24 hours for those following the 2016 elections.
Expat Elector Weekly Roundup #1
This marks my first of what will hopefully be many weekly roundups. I hope to write a post every Sunday summing…
Democratic Debate Madness
Tuesday night’s Democratic debate sponsored by CNN was interesting, to say the least. Yours truly was unfortunately…
Russia and the Baltics: A Series on Russia’s Hard and Soft Pressures and Responses…
This will be the first article of a series analyzing Russia's uses of hard and soft pressures to expand its sphere…
Election 2016: Roll Call
WARNING: This is a long post. Blame the number of
candidates running for President, not me!
Hajj Tragedy Highlights New Horizons for Iranian-Saudi Relations
In the wake of the tragic stampede that occurred on Sept. 24th during Hajj, an annual holy pilgrimage to Mecca,…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road
Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
COP 20: Constructive or A Waste Of Time?
The Conference of the Parties (COP) conferences have been frequently labelled failures, as a post-Kyoto agreement…