Monday Memo | Controversial Votes, Resignations, Escalating Conflicts
Asia and the Pacific “Vietnam’s president resigns, raising questions over stability” Only a year after his election, the Vietnamese Communist...
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Transatlantic Unity in a Changing World
For many observers, Trump's presidency had put the final nail in the transatlantic coffin after more than two decades of...
Poland Under Fire: What the Missile Crisis Teaches Us About NATO’s Response and the Containment of the Ukraine Conflict
On Tuesday, November 15, Poland reported two missile strikes against the town of Przewodów, located 6 kilometers away from the...
On Iran’s Ambitions, Gulf States and the US Keep Passing the Buck
Much of the Middle East is facing a crisis of indecision on Iran. Despite extensive reporting on Iran’s expansionist ambitions,...
Faced with Europe’s Increasing Swing to the Right, EU President Ursula von der Leyen Takes Confrontational Tone
(NEW YORK)––As Italy’s recent election of a far-right leader revives memories of a not-so-distant authoritarian age, European leaders last month...
The Authority to not Compromise: The New Turkish Constitution
A nightly demonstration of President Erdoğan supporters in Istanbul. | Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user Mstyslav Chernov. In December 2016,...
Serbia and Kosovo are Pluming Their War Feathers
Photo taken in Kosovska-Mitrovica (where the train was being sent). Translated from Russian it means Kosovska Mitrovica: Kosovo is Serbian;...
Paris Attacks: A new era in French politics?
A memorial outside the Carillon restaurant in Paris on Sunday, one of the sites of the attacks on Friday. Picture...
