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How Hunger Breeds Hatred: Venezuela’s Shortage…
"They're hunting! The people are hungry" is the cry heard from a jarring video posted by Venezuelan congressman…
It’s Time to End the State Sponsors of Terrorism…
Since 1979, the United States State Department has kept a list of what it calls “state sponsors of terrorism.”…
Too Big To Fail: What Next For US-Pakistani Relations?
2018 started on the worst possible note for US-Pakistani relations. Donald Trump’s inaugural tweet accused…
Looking Ahead: America’s Role in the UN
Since Donald Trump’s inauguration at the start of this year, America’s foreign policy has experienced a…
Frenemies: The Secretive Saudi/Israeli Relationship
Throughout the history of international diplomacy and geopolitics, appearance and reality are quite divided. Often,…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the second of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA)…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the first of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA) shifting…
On PEDs, Politics and Pyeongchang
The recent ban on Russian athletes competing in the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has been interpreted…
The Two-State Solution: An Obituary
Writer's note: A glossary for certain key terms can be found at the end of the article.
President Trump’s decision…
Emmanuel Macron’s France: Making the World Great…
When one thinks of the global order, America comes to mind as the pre-eminent power whether that be in military,…
The Middle East’s Geopolitical Game of Chess
Introduction/ Background
In the year 632 CE the founding patriarch of Islam, Prophet Muhammad died, leading to a…
Twists and Turns: Saudi Arabia’s Politicization of…
On November 4th, 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri appeared live on an Al Arabia satellite broadcast from…