Russian-American Relations in the Trump Era: The Russian Perspective
In his inauguration speech, Donald Trump stated the United States would, “seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of...
Making Waves: Vietnam’s rising power in ASEAN
All eyes are on Vietnam. A country that exactly two decades ago had 51% of its population living under...
Follow the Leader: How aides serve women politicians
It was 2:30 am on June 13th, 1972 when an unlikely group of men – a former Fidel...
Too Much Politics: The South Korean presidential crisis
The South Korean National Assembly impeached President Park Geun-hye in December with a 234-56 vote, shattering the mandated 200-vote...
Deep Sea Mining: Diamond in the rough, or Pandora’s box?
Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen, Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary. All are names of explorers famous for reaching places considered unreachable....
Leaderless Spain: Ten months without an elected government
On November 3rd, 2016, Mariano Rajoy was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Spain. It was a long and...
Global Leaders Warming Up To The Climate
In Paris on the 13th of December last year, after hours of waiting, good news arrived at the...
Peace Through Growth: Ending Colombia’s civil war
Though the peace agreement between President Juan Santos and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) Commander Timochenko was narrowly...
Victor’s Justice and the International Criminal Court
Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes; the International Criminal Court (ICC) is charged with the heavy burden of trying...
Coming Full Circle: How far has Obama turned in his Pivot to Asia?
At the outset of President Obama’s first term, a range of new diplomatic initiatives were unveiled, ones meant to...