Beyond the Graves: Mexico’s Ongoing Crisis of Disappearances and Impunity
Mexico’s security crisis has reached a critical juncture, exposing the deep fractures within its institutions. Despite government claims of progress, violence and impunity continue...
Elon Musk, A Technocrat in Diplomacy
Even as technocrats have always played a proactive role in policy decisions, as a well-funded lobby impacting both domestic and foreign policy of countries,...
A Public Disservice: The House Ethics Report on Matt Gaetz and a Failure of Justice
With the announcement of many of Donald Trump’s new cabinet members, it is clear this administration will be markedly different from Trump’s first administration....
How Merrick Garland Failed America
The America of 2025 will be unlike any other in American history. It will be marked by further economic growth for the billionaire class,...
The China Trail
The late New York Governor Mario Cuomo said, “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” When presidential candidates discuss foreign policy, a companion...
Willful Isolation
During Donald Trump’s second presidential term, the United States has adopted isolationist policies, one of the most significant being the cessation of financial and...
The U.S.-China Showdown: Power, Competition, and the New World Order
The U.S.-China relationship is now in serious trouble, becoming more and more a strategic conflict that involves military, economic, and geopolitical matters. Diplomatic discussion...
Trump, a New Sykes-Picot, and the Division of the World
The world is entangled in multiple crises, and amid this turmoil, Donald Trump’s return to the American political scene presents a troubling vision of...
Trump’s Strategic Twist in the Ukraine War: A Path to Resolution or New Challenges for Stakeholders?
Backdrop: A Shifting Strategic Landscape
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fourth year, a major shift has emerged: President Donald Trump’s push for direct negotiations...
Foreign Assistance Review: It’s the Policy, S_ _ _ _ d!
The world is a fluid place. In September 2024, Joe Biden was president, struggling like many a predecessor to manage the volatile Middle East,...