Finland is a Capitalist Paradise
By Anu Partanen & Trevor Corson The New York Times Two years ago we were living in a pleasant neighborhood in Brooklyn. We were experienced professionals, enjoying a privileged life. […]
Tag Archives: International Affairs
Losing the South China Sea
By Bill Hayton Foreign Policy Vietnam’s history is full of heroic tales of resistance to China. But this month Hanoi bent the knee to Beijing, humiliated in a contest over […]
The Arctic Five Versus the Arctic Council
By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal As climate change opens the Arctic to human activity and the region steadily captures more international attention, a rich tapestry of Arctic international governance […]
The Battle for the Arctic
By Andreas Kuersten The National Interest Anyone who’s paid any attention to media coverage of the Arctic, even just in passing, knows that there’s a battle brewing for the top […]
The Dangerous Myth of an ‘Icebreaker Gap’
By Andreas Kuersten Defense One America is finally taking steps to fix its woeful shortage of icebreakers, the armor-bowed vessels that enable year-round presence and passage through the ever-more-important Arctic […]
How the Arab World Came Apart
By Scott Anderson The New York Times Magazine History never flows in a predictable way. It is always a result of seemingly random currents and incidents, the significance of which […]
How Arctic Territorial Disagreements are Actually Being Resolved
By Hannah Hoag Arctic Deeply Under UNCLOS, a coastal state is entitled to the continental shelf area (and its buried resources) that lies within 200 nautical miles of its coastline, […]
