Category Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific, Civil Society, Photo Essays, Policy & Politics

Democracy in Action: A Campaign Rally from the 2012 Taiwanese Presidential Elections

May 3, 2012

Our first meeting on the election study trip took us to AIT, the American Institute in Taiwan. Unfortunately, Professor Freeman was unable to make her connecting flight in Japan but she met up with us later in the afternoon. Photo…

Asia Pacific, Civil Society, Economics, Interviews, Middle East, North America, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

Strategic Vision: An Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski

The SAIS Review
April 4, 2012

The SAIS Review chats with former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski about his new book, Strategic Vision, and some of the most pressing issues—American decline, Iran, and China—facing today’s policy-makers.

Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, Policy & Politics

Making Biography in Foreign Policy: Elections 2012

March 25, 2012

This year’s slew of elections and other leadership selection processes will see new heads of state in many capitals around the world. Leadership matters—as Ralph Waldo Emerson put it, “there is properly no history, only biography….” Presidential elections have already…

Asia Pacific, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

Imran Khan and Kashmir

March 2, 2012

Today, Imran Khan is doing in Pakistan what Barack Obama did in the United States in 2008. Despite his lack of experience in governance, Khan has created quite a buzz, and is vying for the country’s top job.

Asia Pacific, Civil Society, Europe, Governance & Law, Security & Conflict

Breaking News: Soviet Union Disintegrates

February 2, 2012

Part 2 of 3 in a series on NATO by Nic Wondra It just has not sunk in yet. Somehow, The US’s (and therefore NATO’s) largest concern is the Russian Federation. The upcoming elections will bring a lot of issues…

Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, Policy & Politics, Security & Conflict

NATO on the Rocks? Stirred, Not Shaken

February 2, 2012

The first in a three part series by Nic Wondra on NATO and its future role in security

Asia Pacific, Economics, North America, Security & Conflict

Misperceptions, Part III: Defense Cuts, An Alternative to the Sequester

January 31, 2012

My first post noted that the sums being considered for defense cuts, even in the case of the sequester, are actually quite low, particularly when compared to some of the other historical builddowns (post-Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War). The…

Asia Pacific, Economics, North America, Security & Conflict

Misperceptions, Part II: Defense Cuts, Strategic Deficiencies?

January 31, 2012

In the first post of this series I argued that the impact of sequester cuts on Defense’s budget has been overstated. Similarly, in order to bolster arguments for exempting defense from belt buckling (Defense was the only of 13 government…

Asia Pacific, Economics, North America, Security & Conflict

Misperceptions, Part I: The Truth About Defense Cuts, The Sequester

January 30, 2012

The first of a three-part series analyzing defense spending priorities in the United States