Geopolitics

Amb. Mark Green The recently passed defense aid for American allies sends a clear message that, even in a contentious election year, the United States is embracing its global responsibilities. Winston Churchill is said to have mused that “Americans can always be counted on to do the right …

Marc Lynch Since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, the Middle East has been rocked by mass protests. Egyptians have demonstrated in solidarity with Palestinians at great personal risk, and Iraqis, Moroccans, Tunisians, and Yemenis have taken to the streets in vast numbers. Meanwhile, Jordanians have broken long-standing …

Dennis Powel Presidential elections can be put into three categories: stay the course, turn the page and transformation. In 2004, President George W. Bush was prosecuting the War on Terror and Americans choose to stay the course. In 2008, voters wanted a change in course and enough voters saw then-Sen. …

John Budis In seeking re-election, President Joe Biden has been haunted by voters’ concern with his age. Their concern is not strictly medical. Biden’s opponent, Donald Trump, although only three and a half years younger, doesn’t elicit the same worry from voters. According to a March New York …

Bonte Monroe Establishing early relationships between the government and the tech sector will help the latter understand how to engage the government as a customer and incentivize dual-use technology development. Developments in nascent technology areas, such as quantum computing, biotechnology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), predominantly occur in the private …

Ahmad Shari Eighty thousand Israelis have evacuated their homes near the country’s northern border as Hezbollah rockets rain on their communities. Yet, Israeli forces are drawing the most fire on the Lebanese border. The rocket and mortar fire across the border can seem like skirmishes without a pattern …

Jacob Heibrunn All along Donald Trump’s fans have been alleging that this consummate showman would be able to manipulate the trial in New York for his own benefit. But the reverse may well happen Robert Kennedy, Jr. is looking like the Ross Perot of 2024. In 1992, Perot …

A significant number of intellectuals, and social and political scientists believe that the present era is characterized by an imminent confrontation between the United States and China. The political competition for global leadership between these two nations cannot avoid clashing due to their enormous economic potential and military …

Hadi Elis The Kurdish struggle in Turkey has evolved over several decades, marked by complex dynamics and historical context. It is important to examine the socio-political factors that have contributed to the Kurdish people’s fight for self-determination and their grievances against the Turkish state. The conflict between the …