What do foreign policy realists hope for? Not global democracy. Not the emergence of greater global governance. Not a unipolar world led by the United States or China. Not an end to all international conflict. Realists understand that some of…
21st Century Mahan: Sound Military Conclusions for the Modern Era By Benjamin F. Armstrong (Naval Institute Press, 240 pages, $26) Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote about naval history, strategy, and geopolitics more than 100 years ago, yet, as Benjamin Armstrong points out…
We are witnessing the abject failure of American foreign policy on major fronts. It may help to count the ways: the mismanagement of Iraq and rise of ISIS after the fall of Baghdad; Russia’s invasion of Georgia and acquisition of…
India has just pulled off a major scientific feat. It is evidence of what national mobilization can do. There is doubtless rejoicing in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, the site of the launch installation; in Bangalore, home of the Indian Space Research…
In the eternal bid for minority votes, Republicans’ attempts have failed: A recent study published by Pew Research Center states that a whopping 88 percent of registered Asian-American voters between the ages of 18–29 said they “identify with or lean…
From May 19 to 21, seven of the world’s most powerful democracies (Canada, Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States) held the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan. Coincidentally, China, the world’s largest dictatorship, also held a summit…
Some people, even anti-Semites, almost ridiculously go out of their way to get medically treated by Jewish doctors or legally represented by Jewish attorneys. Not having any other leads or referrals, especially if uncomfortable navigating Yelp recommendations, those individuals believe…
There are very serious people, like Thomas Mahnken of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, who are suggesting that the United States may soon be engaged in a world war in Europe over Ukraine and the Far East over…
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The struggle for Eurasia began in the 13th century when the Mongols created the greatest land empire in history, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Eastern Europe, and encompassing Russia, Central…
Yale University history professor Valerie Hansen, in an important essay in Foreign Affairs, urges modern international relations scholars to abandon their predominantly Eurocentric historical analyses and provide a more balanced Euro-Asian approach to understanding the geopolitics of what many have…
