Remembering Gorbachev: The 1986 Reykjavik Summit
Last week, Mihail Gorbachev died. I found much of the press coverage of this event very…
Read More »Allies, Partners and Friends: Hedging Against American “Global” Leadership
America’s allies are hedging against current American approaches to exercise global leadership, mostly in response to…
Read More »Turkey, China and the Evolving Challenge to the Liberal Democracies
It’s easy to attribute all the problems and changes in Turkey to the whims of President…
Read More »The Upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting: Why it is Important
Uzbekistan is hosting the 2022 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State Council on 15-16 September…
Read More »Brazil Aids in SANDF Jungle Warfare Training
Members of Brazil’s armed forces have assisted the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) with jungle…
Read More »Karakalpakstan Seizes the Agenda in Uzbekistan
The civil unrest in Karakalpakstan, originally part of Soviet Kazakhstan and an autonomous republic in Uzbekistan…
Read More »Eroding Pacific Media Freedom: The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Visits the Solomon Islands
The first stop of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent Pacific trip was Solomon Islands, where…
Read More »Poland, Europe and the War in Ukraine: An Update
Travelling around Europe in the summer of 2022 has a very odd feel about it. The…
Read More »President Putin’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Speech, June 17, 2022
The featured photo shows Putin’s Chinese ally speaking by video link at the St. Petersburg. His…
Read More »Germany and Spain: Germany’s Impact on Spanish Transitions
Recently, Spain marked its 40th year anniversary of joining NATO. Both Ken Maxwell and I have…
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