Biden-Xi’s Face-to-Face Meeting: 6 Essential Takeaways
November 17, 2023 By: Matt Williams U.S. President Joe Biden sits down with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Nov. 15, 2023, in the first head-to-head talks between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies in over a year. During that time, relations...
Antisemitism for Me, but Not for Thee
November 1, 2023 By: M L CLARK Early one October morning, a Jewish community was shattered by an act of senseless violence. Elders, including Holocaust survivors, were either killed or injured out of pure hate. “All Jews must die!” shouted the gunman, who had...
Hamas was Unpopular in Gaza… then it Attacked Israel
October 20, 2023 By: NATHAN FRENCH Amid the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war, observers in the region and internationally continue to make assumptions about Gazan public support for Hamas. Mistaken assumptions such as those by U.S. presidential candidate Ron...
America’s Leaders are Old: Why didn’t the Founding Fathers Foresee this as a Problem?
October 1, 2023 By: Jared Mondschein The US Congress has had no shortage of viral moments in recent months. Senator Dianne Feinstein seemingly became confused over how to vote. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell experienced two extended “freeze episodes” during...
How Russian History Sheds Light on Putin and Prigozhin’s Affairs
September 23, 2023 By: Danica Jenkins In Russia, failed coups portend turmoil and collapse. They also herald greater repression, and a tightening of centralized control. This is because Russian history has swung back and forth between chaos and autocracy, which have...
Ransom or Realism? Biden’s Prisoner Swap Deal with Iran
September 20, 2023 By: Klaus W. Larres Five American detainees have been released from imprisonment in Iran as the terms of the swap that set them free is drawing criticism. The Biden administration’s agreement with Iran for the swap could be seen as a simple business...
NATO Learning Hard Lessons about its Future in Ukraine
September 11, 2023 By: STEPHEN BRYEN Is NATO learning about its future in Ukraine? If so, it could be a bleak one. While the causes for war vary, inevitably wars become a testing ground for technology, battlefield tactics, and strategy. The war in Ukraine is no...
A Voice From France’s Past Offers Arguments for Europe’s Future – and Ukraine
September 10, 2023 By: Faisal Al Yafai Journalists know that authors with a book to sell often provide the best quotes. That, in part, explains the reappearance of France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy in the news recently, as an interview he gave to promote his...
Brics Expansion: Six more Nations are Set to Join – What They’re Buying Into
September 1, 2023 By: Bhaso Ndzendze One key outcome of the 15th Brics summit, hosted by South Africa, is the decision to invite six more countries to join the group with effect from January 2024. They are Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United...
Re-imagining Democracy for the 21st century, Possibly without the Trappings of the 18th Century
August 7, 2023 By: Bruce Schneier Imagine that we’ve all – all of us, all of society – landed on some alien planet, and we have to form a government: clean slate. We don’t have any legacy systems from the U.S. or any other country. We don’t have any special or unique...