How Trump Fused his Business Empire to the Presidency
By Anita Kumar Politico He has spent one out of every three days as president visiting one of his luxury resorts, hotels or golf courses. He has leveraged his powerful […]
Tag Archives: Foreign Policy
NATO’s Essential Minnows and the Russian Threat
By Joseph Rollwagen & Justin McCauley The Bridge When living on a shoestring budget, it is important to make your limited resources go a long way. Beans are cheaper than meat; […]
Should America Keep Giving Billions of Dollars to Countries in Need?
By Malaka Gharib National Public Radio Each year, the United States sends billions of dollars to poor countries. Does it really help them grow? The question isn’t new. But it’s […]
Russia’s View of the Arctic
By Morgane Fert-Malka World Policy What does Russia want? This is, increasingly, the question on everyone’s lips, and a host of Western commentators and policymakers have started looking at the Arctic as […]
How to Proceed if the TPP Is Dead
By Michael Auslin Foreign Affairs Days before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, there are few that hold out hope for the survival of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Outgoing U.S. […]
Mental Health as Middle East Foreign Policy
By Ryan J. Suto Fair Observer If Washington wants to decrease volatility and violence in the Arab region, US foreign policy must advocate for the treatment of conflict-related mental health […]
Japan, the United States, and Public Memory
By Claire Greenstein & Brandon Tensley Foreign Affairs Seventy-five years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the countries that were involved in World War II’s […]
Is Putin’s Russia Ready for Trump’s America?
By Joshua Yaffa The New Yorker Last Wednesday morning, members of the Russian parliament broke into spontaneous applause. “Colleagues three minutes ago, Hillary Clinton admitted her defeat in U.S. Presidential […]
War and the Oil Price Cycle
By Amy Jaffe & Jareer Elass Journal of International Affairs Oil has shaped international conflict for many decades. According to one estimate, between 25% to 50% of interstate wars between […]
What China’s Increasing Militarism Means for the World
By Peter Navarro World Affairs Will there be war with China? That may well be determined by which presidential candidate wins the White House this year, and what policies the […]
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