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Myanmar’s crisis is much more than the Rohingya

September 21, 2017

ASIA·Headlines·Human Rights·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Refugees·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS

The General Assembly of the United Nations is meeting in New York to try and resolve the problem of the expulsion of

DACA Dreamers – my family story

September 12, 2017

AMERICAS·Headlines·Immigration·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·VETERANS

My dad, Jose Louis Perez, was the youngest of 10 children. He was born in Mexico. In the early 60’s, his parents decided

The solution to North Korea won’t come from a tweet

September 5, 2017

ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·SECURITY·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS

North Korea (‘DPRK’) announced it has tested a new ‘hydrogen bomb’ as its sixth test to date in the development of a

Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather: Should We Care?

August 25, 2017

AMERICAS·Culture·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Sports

For the months the Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather fight inched glacially towards its start date, we were treated to a special

Wag the Dog: Has Reuters been had? An Iran story questioned

August 4, 2017

AFRICA·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·United Nations·WORLD NEWS

A recent Reuters news piece, relying primarily on unnamed sources, has reported that Iran is currently violating both a United Nations embargo

Mattis and Trump, a rift between a warrior and a civilian widens over sex

August 4, 2017

AMERICAS·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·VETERANS

President Donald Trump announced, through Twitter, on July 26th, that he intends to ban transgender individuals from serving in the US armed

Selling the Kurds, our new media darlings

July 24, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·WORLD NEWS

The quickly dwindling threat from the Islamic State will soon result in Western news consumers and security investments turning elsewhere. With the

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General Dostum, the hero Afghanistan deserves

July 22, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

Afghanistan faces a power play between current President Ghani and legendary former warlord and general, Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum. On July

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#GailForce: A successful NatSec policy isn’t just about blowing things up

July 14, 2017

AFRICA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·Human Rights·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·Refugees·United Nations·WORLD NEWS

In May 2017 the U.S. Department of State released its FY 2018 International Affairs budget request for the State Department and USAID.

The G20 Summit, testing America’s relevance in a Trump world

July 8, 2017

AMERICAS·ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU

Op-Ed: The G20 Summit is a week of the New World Order on display. The G20 Summit is in full swing in

How to save the NBA from the NBA

July 7, 2017

AMERICAS·Culture·ECONOMICS·Headlines·Op-Ed·Sports

We all knew in July of 2016 where this train was going. The signing of Kevin Durant to the Golden State Warriors, who

The Dangers of Ignoring Strategic Intelligence

June 24, 2017

AFRICA·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS

[This article was originally published on Eeben Barlow’s Military and Security Blog on September 20th, 2016. It is reprinted here in its

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Abu Bakr al Baghdadi: Wanted, dead or alive

June 22, 2017

Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

Russia claims to have killed the Islamic State founder, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But what does that mean? Does it even matter? The

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Is the U.S. taxpayer paying for French neo-colonialism in Africa?

June 20, 2017

AFRICA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

At the end of his first week in office, newly-elected President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops in the West African country of

Wonder Woman excites and inspires, but doesn’t deliver on all its promises

June 10, 2017

Culture·FILM·Headlines·Op-Ed·REVIEW

Wonder Woman has succeeded where her DC counterparts have failed. Director Patty Jenkins has found a foothold for DC in the saturated

The commercial aspects of the rustication of Qatar

June 7, 2017

ECONOMICS·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·WORLD NEWS

Encouraged by the visit of Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia, five Arab countries suddenly cut diplomatic relations with Qatar, a U.S. ally

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Myanmar’s crisis is much more than the Rohingya

DACA Dreamers – my family story

The solution to North Korea won’t come from a tweet

Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather: Should We Care?

Wag the Dog: Has Reuters been had? An Iran story questioned

Mattis and Trump, a rift between a warrior and a civilian widens over sex

Selling the Kurds, our new media darlings

General Dostum, the hero Afghanistan deserves

#GailForce: A successful NatSec policy isn’t just about blowing things up

The G20 Summit, testing America’s relevance in a Trump world

How to save the NBA from the NBA

The Dangers of Ignoring Strategic Intelligence

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi: Wanted, dead or alive

Is the U.S. taxpayer paying for French neo-colonialism in Africa?

Wonder Woman excites and inspires, but doesn’t deliver on all its promises

The commercial aspects of the rustication of Qatar

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The Currency War Nobody Wants to Name

Europe will survive only if it pays someone else to die in its place

Can the U.S. Counter China’s Growing Soft and Sharp Power Influence Through Sanctions?

Lebanon: Beirut and the Polycentric Reality

Working Hypothesis: Europe Seeks Relative Advantage from US Overextension

Mission Profile: Soft Power as the New Dominion

Cyber Warfare Now – Tales from the Digital Battlefield

Israel-Hamas Cyberwar, when old warfare meets new

Huawei – China’s telecom giant hits a giant wall

Strike a deal with which devil? The many faces of the Taliban

The fate of Afghanistan’s NATO Generation

Afghanistan – A Bold Solution