More: International Law
Protracted Asymmetric Geopolitical Conflict
Each of us has his own
definition of “geo-history”, and mine is the interface of the “geopolitical”
and the “world-historical.”
We are marked by two
anniversaries, that...
Time for a New Approach to Conventional Arms Control?
The return to an outright deterrence relationship
between NATO and Russia involves the danger of an arms race and a number of
military risks, particularly in...
After 150 Years: Suez Canal Still matters
“No one is
more a canalist than I, but I want the Canal to belong to Egypt, not Egypt to
the Canal”-Isma’il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt
The...
Japan’s elusive World War II apology continues to trouble Asia
More than
70 years have passed since Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender in
World War II on 15 August 1945. The Nazi
surrender had come in the...
Nuclear Decision-Making and Presidential Authority: Existential Perils of the Trump Era
"Defenseless under the night; Our world in stupor
lies...."-
W.H. Auden
It is no longer just a
casual apprehension. Now, an inappropriate or irrational nuclear command
decision by US...
Saudi policy shift: A rare Trump foreign policy success
By the law of unintended consequences, US President Donald J. Trump’s
mix of uncritical and cynical embrace of Saudi Arabia and transactional
approach towards relations with...
US Strategy after the INF Treaty: Implications and Projected Outcomes
Thirty-one
years ago, US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail
Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty placing a
curb on nuclear weapons after...
Things Fall Apart; The Centre Cannot Hold….
Core legal arguments to preserve, protect and
defend the United States from the presidency of Donald J. Trump
Whatever the still-expanding bill of particulars,
Donald Trump's principles...
A Threat Assessment of South China Sea
Authors: Areeja
Syed and Muhammad Rizwan*
In the international arena, rapidly
evolving economic power, China has emerged as a colossal threat to the U.S and
her hegemonic powers....
How to turn the page on WW II in Asia
In the run-up to the 74th anniversary of
the end of World War II in the Pacific Russia and Japan are recalling the most
overarching problems...