The Diplomacist’s Global Podcast is back for a second issue, bringing you discussion and analysis of the most pressing issues of international affairs facing the world this week.
Continue reading Global Podcast: Trump, Taxes, FARC Peace Deal
As a critical area of competition for U.S. interests, Africa cannot be ignored by the candidates for President of the United States any longer.
The Diplomacist’s own Benson Cook hosts the inaugural edition of the Global Podcast through a discussion of some of the most pressing issues facing the world today
The Trans-Pacific Partnership signals a major shift in Vietnam’s development and overall engagement with the international community.
Continue reading Doi Moi 2.0: Vietnam’s Case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Sunni-Shia framework offers a poor explanation of Saudi-Iranian relations, perpetuating a flawed characterization of regional tensions as purely sectarian in nature.
Continue reading A Convenient Scapegoat: Religion Isn’t Behind the Saudi-Iranian Conflict
When the UK departs the EU, it will likely have Scotland in tow.
Could the traditional bulwark of Russia’s economy be its undoing?
Continue reading The Juggernaut Stumbles: The Grim Fate of Russia’s Energy Economy
America now wages a perpetual war against its own self-interest.
Continue reading Pork in the Defense Budget: The F-35 Has Slipped Under the Radar
Propping the Assad regime was only a motive insofar as it helped achieve other targets.
Continue reading Putin’s Syria Strategy: It Wasn’t About Syria
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