Remembering My Mentor Zbigniew Brzezinski
June 11, 2017 7 min. read

When I first met Zbigniew Brzezinski, a giant of American foreign policy, I was a recent college graduate looking for a job.

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The Dangerous Tool of Russian Military Exercises
June 7, 2017 10 min. read

Understanding what Russian large-scale military exercises are designed to accomplish could offer answers and highlight areas that NATO should closely watch.

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Actual and Perceived Defense of the Homeland
June 5, 2017 3 min. read

What prevented nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for decades were the efforts to communicate and ultimately reduce the stockpiling of ICBMs.

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Trade Policy and Other Goals
May 24, 2017 4 min. read

Under the idea to “Make America Great Again” the plan is to extract concessions, country by country, wielding U.S. economic power to reduce trade deficits.

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Donald Trump’s Arabian Nights
May 23, 2017 6 min. read

From the moment he arrived in Riyadh, the Saudis astutely sized up Trump and gave him a welcome tailor-made to appeal to his ego and self-perception.

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US Intel Officials: Comey Was ‘One Of The Most Loved Leaders’
May 16, 2017 4 min. read

Senior US intelligence officials reacted with dismay after learning moments before taking the stage at a speaking event in New York that director of the FBI James Comey had been fired.

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Decompressing A Crisis Through Safe Zones
May 10, 2017 3 min. read

Approaches to create safe zones are being sought by Russia, Turkey and Iran in an effort to reverse the mass migration out of Syria.

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Soft Power: Russian and American University Students Find Common Ground
May 8, 2017 3 min. read

While U.S.-Russia relations remain uncertain, students at the Volgograd Institute of Management engaged their American counterparts in some diplomatic bridge-building.

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Outlook for the U.S. Economy is Shaky in the Trump Era
May 6, 2017 3 min. read

The 1st quarter of the Trump presidency has been disappointing, with the first 3 months of 2017 seeing the weakest Q1 growth in America in 3 years.

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With Its Second Aircraft Carrier, China Extends its Global Reach
May 3, 2017 5 min. read

By expanding its land reclamation activities in the South China Sea and growing the PLA’s global clout, China is reinforcing its influence in the Asia-Pacific.

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