With former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel stepping down and Republicans preparing to seize control of Congress, US foreign policy appears to be adrift.
Continue reading The Case for Dispassionate Foreign Policy: A Historical View
President Obama’s failure to obtain Trade Promotion Authority might actually have been a good thing for his trade agenda.
Since President Obama’s last visit to China in 2009, tensions in East Asia have markedly increased. Jacob Brunell examines the future of American foreign policy towards China, and explains why the United States ought to tread carefully on areas such as human rights.
Continue reading Where to Next? – A Look at U.S. China Policy
Food has become an increasingly globalized commodity, a reality that has sparked a fierce debate over regulatory and safety standards.
Continue reading Meeting the Challenges of a Globalized Food Supply
The immense scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa can be attributed to poor local governance.
This Wednesday, four former Blackwater agents were sentenced for various counts of voluntary and attempted manslaughter with a count of murder for their role in the 2007 shootings in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis and wounded nearly 20 others. According to Kwame Newton, private military contractors should be subject to the same legal standards as American troops.
With the Syrian border town of Kobane under siege for the past weeks, calls among the international community have been growing stronger for international intervention to support the town in its fight against IS militants. Chris Rodriguez looks at why Turkey is not likely to play any role in such an intervention, and why the U.S. should.
Continue reading Battle for Kobane: A Test of International Effectiveness
Empowering the Kurds to export their own oil could slow their preparations for independence without compromising the fight against ISIL.
Without a new or revised AUMF, the US government will continue to use an outdated congressional authorization to justify new military operations in the Middle East.
Continue reading Authorizing America’s Next War in the Middle East
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