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,...
What Affects U.S. Public Support for Military Weapons Sales to Foreign Countries?
The United States is the largest seller of military weapons to foreign countries, with the total sales surging to $318.7 billion in 2024 as...
JD Vance Defined America’s AI Opportunity
US Vice President JD Vance addressed the leaders and delegates of the AI Summit in Paris. France’s President Macron took the leadership initiative in...
Trump Tariffs: To be, or not to be
President Trump's second-term mandate was more decisive, and experts rightly believed the next four years would be unprecedented in American history and eventually in...
AI Governance and Ethics: Lessons from the U.S. Visa Revocation Policy
The recent policy shift by the United States in utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and revoke visas of foreign students allegedly supporting Hamas...