Upon his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order labelling Mexican cartels as ‘foreign terrorist organizations’ (FTOs) and confirmed a twenty-five percent tariff against Mexico as part of a…

Imperialism is a contentious word. It raises painful memories of sprawling and predatory European colonies in the Global South. In more recent times, critics of the US-led international order condemned…

With his stunning1 reversals2 on Ukraine,3 President Trump seems ready to give up his bid to halt Russia’s war on its smaller, beleaguered neighbor.  He shouldn’t.  Even with stepped-up US…

As mainstream media fixates on the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, our goal with this issue is to shed light on equally devastating—yet underreported—conflicts unfolding elsewhere. This…

On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, the administration launched a concerted attack on the U.S. foreign aid framework,[1] sending shockwaves through the global humanitarian landscape. Under a cloud…

History knows only very few examples of attempts to rebuild once collapsed empires, but it looks as if Vladimir Putin’s Russia is exhibiting such an attempt. More than a decade…

Despite stark contrasts—if not outright opposition—between modern China and the United States, subtle yet undeniable parallels have emerged across society, economy, and politics. These similarities are shaped by mutual influences…

Statecraft, long considered an art requiring years of study and profound human behavioral insight, is now entering an era defined by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Traditionally guided by complex emotions and…

Having lived through an era of carrier-enabled US naval domination of the high seas for decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been relentlessly bolstering its naval capability in…