In favor of China, Djibouti has asked the United States to leave. China’s generous investments in Djibouti have paid...

Hezbollah has been suspected of selling Captagon, a powerful amphetamine, to ISIS. The best way to stop the trade...

Church and state have always been closely aligned in Russia. Now Vladimir Putin is using the Russian Orthodox Church's...

Al Qaeda has taken advantage of the US’s distraction with ISIS to gain ground in Yemen. To stop al...

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Although sometimes ignored as the vestiges of the old USSR, the five “Stans” of Central Asia are crucial to...

With the new peace between the Colombian government and the FARC, the US should update Plan Colombia. A robust...

Small recreational drones have not been used by terrorists so far, but they have the potential to be used...

The Chinese RMB is becoming more influential in international finance, but China’s internal politics mean that the RMB is...

With a fifteen-year record fraught with mistakes, the TSA continues to demonstrate its inability to consistently protect the American...

The nation-wide power grid is not likely to fall to EMPs and cyberattacks, but local power grids are in...

America’s hard-power buildup may provoke rather than deter China’s sustained push into the South China Sea; post-Cold War political...