The closing of the Kaesong Industrial Complex marks what could be a hardline shift in South Korea’s policy toward its northern neighbor.
Continue reading Closing Kaesong: A New Chapter in North-South Relations
Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD must pursue reform cautiously in order to avoid a military backlash.
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Unless the opposition and Chavistas find ways to dialogue, political polarization will make the economic crisis permanent.
Continue reading How Political Polarization Is Driving Venezuela’s Economic Crisis
Now that scandal has exposed the unreliability of LIBOR as a global financial benchmark, it is time to replace it.
Continue reading Killing LIBOR: The Case for a New Benchmark
The U.S. is allowing Turkey to become more authoritarian and opposed to the anti-ISIL effort.
Continue reading Managing the Turkish-Kurd Conflict Should be a U.S. Priority
American politicians are engaged in a dangerous war of words with Islamic State, which is exactly what the group wants.
Continue reading Safe Spaces and Safe Zones: How America’s Culture Wars Bleed into Its Foreign Wars
Demetrios Papageorgiou speaks with Athens-based journalist John Psaropoulos about Greece’s dual migrant and debt crises.
Continue reading Greece on Edge: Coping with Two Crises at Once
Big oil won’t cease to exist just because the State Department is playing politics.
Continue reading Keystone XL’s Rejection isn’t the Victory Environmentalists Think it is
Nuclear weapons in and of themselves do not automatically beget instability.
Continue reading Iran and the Nuclear Club: History Says Yes
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