Poverty Commentary

Seoul Can Defend Itself

A change in America’s security guarantee to South Korea is long overdue.

Avoiding Pyongyang

The Cheonan incident is South Korea’s responsibility. If Seoul decides on a retaliatory strike, America shouldn’t get involved.

Bad Investments

What’s the point of paying allies to provide marginal contributions to the war on terror?

Tokyo Rising

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

Good Deal

The arms treaty with Russia strengthens America’s security by allowing us to cut back on useless warheads.

Europe Doesn't Matter

The EU doesn’t have a united foreign policy and its member countries are downsizing their militaries. Why are Europeans surprised no one pays attention to them?

Reality is Contextual: Politics and Economics in the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

New books by Nikolas Gvosdev and Irakly Areshidze both view the same phenomenon-the development of two Newly Independent States (NIS) of the Former Soviet Union

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May 26, 2012