Brexit brinksmanship. After a day of meetings to “clarify” the terms of the U.K.’s Internal Market Bill, Brussels turned up the heat on Thursday, demanding that London withdraw the offending sections of the legislation by the end of the month – or else. The bill, intended to update domestic British legislation governing the country’s internal […]
Mediterranean talks. France is hosting the EuroMed 7 summit (which some have dubbed “Club Med”) beginning on Thursday, which this year will focus on...
In 1949, Turkey recognized the state of Israel, becoming the first Muslim country to exchange diplomatic missions with it. Since then, their relations have...
American Nations: A History of Eleven Rival Regional Cultures
by Colin Woodard
There’s no denying a deep social divide exists in the United States. Most anyone...
Breaking norms in the Himalayas. On Monday night, the Chinese military accused Indian troops of crossing the so-called Line of Actual Control, the vaguely...
Russia plays power broker. A meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization began on...
In July, Chinese authorities announced a three-year plan to phase out Mongolian-language instruction for grade schoolers in the nominally autonomous northern region of Inner...
The Geopolitics of the American President