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The Year That was 2017

December 16, 2017

Twenty-Seventeen was a year that to many may have passed as unremarkable, but if one looks deeper there are significant events that are changing the global balance of power. There has been welcome change in

C.I.A. Releases Osama bin Laden’s Personal Journal

November 12, 2017

On November 1, 2017 the CIA released 470,000 documents that had been collected during the Navy SEALS raid on Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound in Abbottabad in 2011. Of those documents was bin Laden’s 228

The Dimming Light of Aung San Suu Kyi

March 2, 2017

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton first met Aung San Suu Kyi in 2011 she described her as exhibiting “qualities I had glimpsed before in other former political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela and Václav Havel.

Next Week: Trump Goes to Congress, and a Showdown with Russia over Kosovo

February 24, 2017

Next week there are two major events to discuss. One is President Trump will address Congress for the first time, and the other is a United Nations showdown between Russia and the West over Kosovo

Who is Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres?

February 22, 2017

This past January as Donald Trump became U.S. President, António Guterres became the Secretary General of the United Nations. It is the first time since 1953 executive leadership has changed in the U.S. and the U.N.

Moscow on the Potomac: Why Trump Must Not Trust Putin

February 15, 2017

Donald Trump is putting a lot of faith into a working relationship with Vladimir Putin, and it has already been costing him dearly before any clear set goals have been announced. Trump’s remarks, often careless,

Trump’s Muslim Ban: The Necessary Security Behind an Unnecessary Ban

January 31, 2017

During Donald Trump’s campaign for President, he proposed enacting what has become known as the Muslim Ban. In it, he called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” The statement