Seventy years after independence, India is the world’s largest democracy, one of its most diverse societies, and the economy with growth potential that could rival China’s. Yet it also remains one of the poorest and unequal, with hundreds of millions mire ...
The North Korean nuclear crisis that we face today is, at its core, a struggle over the regional balance of power. Beijing’s deep fear of destabilizing the Kim regime and facing the rise of a unified, pro-US Korean Peninsula at its doorstep, continues to ...
By 2050, Africa’s population will double, with 1 billion projected to be under 18 years old, and many others regions are experiencing similar trends. How can we harness the potential of this promising demographic to secure economic growth and stability? G ...
Japan and Shifting Geoeconomic Grounds In the 21 st century, great power rivalry unfolds not only in security and military affairs, but more prominently through economic interactions such as trade and investment. Geoeconomics, therefore, has become a vita ...
https://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2018/01/22/us-warns-north-korean-threat-amid-win... January 22, 2018 Chicago TonightGlobal Security, AsiaGlobal SecurityAsia Karl Friedhoff ...
John Cookson's blog afghan_police.jpg afghan_police.jpg Twenty-two years ago at an airfield in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, President Bill Clinton spoke to an assembly of US soldiers and tried to capture the importance of their mission. “St ...
Signed in 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is the longest lasting alliance between two major powers since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The relationship has weathered the Cold War and political dev ...
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olympics_luge.jpg John Cookson's blog olympics_luge.jpg There will be an important absence among the many athletes, officials, and dignitaries traveling to PyeongChang to represent the United States at the Winter Olympics. The US ambassador to Sout ...
Mao, Deng, and now Xi. At the Communist Party Congress last October, Xi Jinping’s name was written into the Chinese Constitution, signaling his—and his ideology’s—centrality to the country’s national identity. As he embarks upon his second term, the count ...
