Japan’s Diplomatic Vanishing Act
The diplomatic detente in Northeast Asia is currently in summit phase. Kim Jong Un has met twice with...
Whose Daughter Is “Ayla”?
Contributed by Ali Danis Neyzi On 17 August 1999, when I was six years old, I was woken up...
Yemen Crisis: Has a Turning Point Been Reached?
On the night of November 4, a loud explosion rocked the area outside of King Khalid International Airport in...
Sweden’s Refugee Crisis of Conscience
Fredrik Reinfeldt had started his 2014 summer campaign speech with sweeping gestures. He paced the stage, enunciating his talking points with...
Please Avoid the Chinese Tabloid
The rhetorical slogans of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) never do well in translation. But even in a...
US Changing Course in the South China Sea?
Most people have perhaps never heard of the term, US Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP), until very recently. Indeed,...
China-South Korea THAAD Rapprochement: Winners and Losers
On October 31st, 2017, the governments of China and South Korea reached an agreement to shelve the yearlong THAAD...
Four Hundred Years Since the Thirty Years’ War: the Evolution of Warfare
Four hundred years ago in 1618, one of the longest and deadliest conflicts in human history erupted in Europe....
Monster Viruses and Dangerous Diseases: How Climate Change Threatens to Upend Global Health
Since the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, the world has come a long way in...
Rebel’s Best Friend
Choosing the Perfect Diamond: A Rebel’s Guide for Beginners If you have ever thought about starting a career as...