Reflecting on the Personal Consequences of Combat September 25, 2017 AMERICAS·CIR·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·PTSD·RESOURCES·USC-CIR·VETERANS·Veterans Programs Hyper-vigilance, unfortunately, for many veterans cannot simply be turned off. It can seep into everyday life, as its consequences tend to impact Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
#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. Read More
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 Read More
‘Come From Away’ takes you back to that fateful day in September 2001 June 29, 2017 Culture·New York City·Opinion | Analysis·Theatre September 11 is the defining event of the last two decades. It was a day of incredible tragedy, of courageous heroism, and Read More
Sanctioning Russia – With German and French Allies Who Needs Enemies? June 27, 2017 EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·FSU·Headlines·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS The U.S. Senate has just passed a bill expanding the sanctions against Russia imposed earlier in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More