Category: Foreign Policy

To show the world the United States is not above the law, reconciling with the International Criminal Court is in its best interest. With ever-changing geopolitics and past misdeeds by risking foreign policy decisions, Washington must display honor over personal interests and not allow American exceptionalism to continue to dictate our grandstanding with the international community.

With ongoing indictments against key figures of the Russian government, one cannot forget the role media figures, public broadcasters, and military bloggers played in heightening genocidal rhetoric during the invasion of Ukraine. Like the international tribunals for propagandists in Nazi Germany and the then Hutu-led government of Rwanda, Russian media figures who play a significant role in Russian intelligence operations and influence should be no exception on the roads of conviction. 

Japan has realized the best defense is a great offense, and the recent geopolitical shift has convinced Tokyo to militarize once again. Facing threats from Russia, North Korea, and China, Japan will not be deterred by its rivals, and the technological powerhouse will display its much-feared military capabilities once more if provoked into conflict.

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam was an act of desperation by a failing autocrat who thinks of himself as a reincarnated Peter the Great and a nation that still lives in a mindset of rite of passage for territorial conquest. These acts of desperation will not deter Ukraine nor Western support but make it even more likely Ukraine’s defense and membership in the European Union and NATO will be solidified by the war’s end.

In the wake of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Denmark has announced that it will triple its defense budget over the next decade.

Renewed clashes in Kosovo have gained the attention of the international community. Compared to previous provocations, the conflicts on May 29th saw dozens of NATO troops from the Kosovo Force (KFOR), Serbian civilians, and Kosovar police.

A recent survey shows that a big chunk of Japan’s adult population is reluctant to send help to the front in the event China invades Taiwan

Preemptions must be made to contain Wagner and its influence as the PMCs look to further their extreme violence to attract more followers and influence. Like ISIS, ultimately the group will become a major global security problem unless their external operations are kept in check.

Finland, which has had a dark and uneasy history with Russia as a neighbor, originally attempted to keep a neutral but aware stance on their eastern neighbor since World War Two. Now that the Russian invasion has changed its stance, the largest reserve and artillery army in Europe now poses the ultimate nightmare to the Kremlin, more so than Ukraine could in the alliance.

The quiet geopolitics of Azerbaijan, which claims to combat Russian influence but silently benefit from, should not be ignored.

China’s ambition in the Pacific poses a challenge to US influence. Maintaining ties with island nations is crucial to retain power.

Already facing a demographic crisis, with the lowest labor force since 1998 and military losses that will take decades to recuperate, Putin is at a crossroads.