Political geography Commentary

Forget whatever flavor of the month is making headlines in the Balkans. Guess where the perpetrators of nearly every terrorist plot of the last twenty years got their start?

Don’t expect the pressure Washington and Seoul are putting on North Korea to lead to any real movement on the peninsula. 

The country’s unrest is an opportunity for America and China to cooperate on an issue of mutual concern.

China’s growing strength is making its neighbors nervous—and less fearful of a fully rearmed Japan.