Category: US Politics

Over the past week, China’s efforts to use economic leverage to force the NBA to bar anyone associated with the league from expressing public support for ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has drawn a slew of headlines, with many American realizing for the first time that China’s monetary hooks are already deeply sunk into […]

Sunday’s election in Austria has proven to be a success for former chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s Austrian People’s Party (ÖPP) following a corruption scandal that rocked the government. A path back to creating a governing coalition, however, is not clear-cut. In May, snap elections were called following a no-confidence vote that resulted in Kurz being ousted […]

As summer wanes and the fall air turns crisp, it’s hard not to feel a sense of normalcy. The predictability of the seasons marked by the excitement of a new school year (not to mention a new NFL season) makes us feel safe and at home. But the year-to-date in international affairs has been anything […]

On Monday, CNN reported that a high-level intelligence asset was exfiltrated from Russia in 2017 after senior officials grew concerned that the president may unintentionally expose the person to Russian officials. The story, which is substantiated by CNN’s claims of anonymous informants within the White House, has yet to be corroborated by any further evidence. […]

By now everyone has probably seen the coverage of Michael Flynn’s recent trial, in which the presiding judge, Emmet Sullivan, told Flynn he had “sold your country out” after he was found guilty of lying to the FBI about his dealing with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian Ambassador, according to a report from the USA Today. […]

The problem with foreign policy and geopolitics has never been about the mechanisms of international relations. For all intents and purposes, our global powers interact quite a bit like patrons at a crowded bar: trying to manage polite dialogue with familiar strangers, all the while maintaining closely held ulterior motives. That guy in the corner […]

It’s been no secret that President Trump’s directive to establish a new branch of the American armed forces tasked specifically with space defense has had its critics within the Defense Department. While there seems to be no debate regarding the need for orbital defense, the conflict has primarily been focused on how to go about […]

The UK government announced this week that it had concluded its investigation into the attempted assassination of former Russian military intelligence officer turned double agent, Sergei Skripal, in Salisbury, England, earlier this year. Skripal and his daughter were both exposed to a Soviet era nerve agent known as Novichok — a weapon devised specifically by […]

The mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., elevated an issue that Republican Donald Trump has been stressing throughout his presidential campaign: the threat posed by jihadists bent on killing Americans at home. Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent, on Sunday emphasized other dynamics. She said the U.S. must work with “allies and partners” to foil terrorists. She […]

For half a millennium, Russian foreign policy has been characterized by soaring ambitions that have exceeded the country’s capabilities. Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the sixteenth century, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 square miles per day for hundreds of years, eventually covering one-sixth of the earth’s […]

Following the San Bernardino shootings, the FBI was finally forced to make an announcement that they were pursuing a terrorism investigation, whether the White House liked it or not.

There was a much consternation when planning Neptune Spear about whether or not the stealth Black Hawks, untested in combat, were suitable for the mission.