International

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BRICS Expansion and Its Discontents

This year’s BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa (held August 22-24), started with a noticeable absence of one of its…

9 months ago

Lukashenko and Putin: The Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men

The last the world paid attention to Belarus before the buildup of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders was in May…

2 years ago

The War in Ukraine

With a geopolitical event of the size and scope of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I wanted to supply my readers…

2 years ago

Olaf Scholz Rises

“There are decades where nothing happens⁠—and there are weeks where decades happen.” This is a suitable quote describing the events…

2 years ago

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The Heroic Defender of Ukraine

The world's attention is now focused on Ukraine and are seeing its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, heading the resistance against Putin’s…

2 years ago

Ukraine: Putin Shatters Europe’s Peace

Vladimir Putin has singlehandedly shattered the peace in Europe by his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. On February 24th Russian forces…

2 years ago

Global Warming: The Foreign Policy Issue Everyone Ignores

Too often the most consequential issue in world affairs gets pushed off to the backburner and ignored. We pay attention…

6 years ago

Addressing Trump’s Comments on Haiti and Third World Countries

When an immigration reform discussion this week turned to the subject of Haiti, El Salvador, and various African countries, President…

6 years ago

Center for Preventive Action 2018 Forecast

As many of my regular readers have probably picked up on, I cite Council on Foreign Relations sources often in…

6 years ago

Mahmoud Abbas and His Waning Influence

Time appears to be running out for Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah as Hamas looks to gain complete control of the…

6 years ago