Secretary of State John Kerry made his first official visit to China on April 13th. Though this was only a one-day stay after his ten-day visit to the Middle East…
Two Fridays ago, both Seoul and Washington extended an olive branch to Kim Jŏng-ŭn. During Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with his South Korean counter-part, Yun Byung-se on…
Recent developments in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary have posed major challenges to the European Union in its efforts to ensure respect for the democratic values which underpin it. In particular,…
Will America’s strategic rebalancing towards the Asia-Pacific region mean the gutting of the US Army? The concern is that the forms of warfare for which the United States has most…
Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times Carla Robbins recently sat down with the Georgetown Journal of…
A month after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, the future of Venezuela will once again be defined on April 14, as Venezuelans have the option to vote for…
At the end of March, the head of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire in the conflict with Turkey and urged the PKK fighters to…
On March 16, China’s new Premier, Li Keqiang, held his debut press conference, revealing what the nature of his tenure could become while leaving many questions unanswered. A confident and humorous…
More than halfway through the current UK coalition government’s mandate, it is safe to say that the government’s foreign policy is projecting the Conservatives perspective with an overwhelming absence of…
During 2012 global security concerns were centered on developments in North Africa and the Middle East as the situation in these regions grew worryingly volatile. Recently, however, the peace and…
