Reining in the Ubiquitous Use of U.S. Military Force
Four US soldiers died in Niger on October 4, and the president's insensitive phone call to the widow of one has brought the subject...
Saudi Crown Prince’s unprecedented power grab could come to haunt him
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has won the first round of what could prove to be an unprecedented power grab that comes to...
Sino-Russian strategic partnership moving forward
Authors: Anna Kolotova & Zhao Wenbin* Since the Soviet Union was disintegrated in late 1991, people are always puzzled by the fact that China...
Saudi crackdown raises spectre of wider spread dissent
Few paid attention to a rare protest in Saudi Arabia in late January 2011 as a wave of popular uprisings swept the Middle East...
Russia and the Southern African Development Community
Late September, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Embassies accredited to the Russian Federation celebrated the 37th Anniversary of SADC at the Korston hotel...
Trump’s Foreign Policy and Legal Woes
Tales of exaggeration and outright lies by this president are not new. In 1974, the New York Times did a profile on the young...
Gulf crisis: Soccer trumps politics
A target of massive Saudi investment, the Maldives severed diplomatic relations with Qatar hours after a Saudi-UAE-led alliance of largely financially dependent states declared...
Behind China’s perception on Catalonia’s move: it’s the concern
On October 27, the Catalonian autonomous region's parliament voted to pass the motion for "independence" and then declared the "establishment of an independent state"....
In shadowy covert wars, Iran takes centre stage
In the shadowy world of covert proxy wars, Iran is taking centre stage, both as a target and a player. A series of incidents...
President Trump Should Declare National Emergency to Defeat Communists Infiltrating U.S. Government
The Constitution does not expressly grant the president additional powers in times of national emergency. However, many scholars think that the Framers implied these...