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Japan’s Glacial Ascendance

For such a historic transition of power, the handover from Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving and most powerful postwar prime minister, to Yoshihide Suga was always going to be short on drama. Suga, Abe’s longtime chief of staff, faced only token competition from a handful of other ruling party bigwigs. His ruling Liberal Democratic Party commands […]

Daily Memo: Unrest in Iran and Kyrgyzstan

It’s been a bad week for Iran. The U.S. Treasury on Thursday rolled out a new round of sanctions against 18 Iranian financial institutions...

The Great Divide Between the Arab People and Their Leaders

The modern Arab state emerged in the 20th century, roughly around the time of the Arab League’s establishment in 1945. Since then, it has...

Daily Memo: Seoul’s Warnings Over the US-South Korean Alliance

U.S.-South Korean security cooperation. The U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs spoke Thursday and said nice things about the future of the “ironclad” alliance....

Daily Memo: Iran Nervously Watches Nagorno-Karabakh

Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh risks drawing in others. Azerbaijani forces are gathering near the Iranian border in preparation for an offensive, according to an Armenian...

Answering the Question of Iran

Earlier this week, the U.S. special representative for Iran said Washington would keep putting additional pressure on Iran in the days and weeks ahead....

Daily Memo: Something Stirs in Kyrgyzstan

Meanwhile, in Kyrgyzstan … As violence continues in the Caucasus, another former Soviet satellite is starting to simmer. Protests broke out in the Kyrgyz...

Conflict in the Caucasus and the New American Strategy

During the Cold War, the United States opposed the Soviet Union wherever the Soviet Union sought to make inroads. Some interventions were necessary and...

Daily Memo: Cambodia Slides Toward China

Cambodia accelerates its shift to China. Cambodia has demolished several U.S.-funded facilities at the strategically located Ream Naval Base, Cambodian Defense Minister Gen. Tea...

A New US Embassy in Iraq?

Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi received a phone call that he had been dreading since he took the premiership in May. On...

Daily Memo: Sanctions on Belarus, the US Economic Picture

EU sanctions. Well over a month after agreeing to impose sanctions on Belarusians “responsible for violence, repression and the falsification of election results,” EU...

Iran’s Nuclear Dilemma

Nationalism is a powerful force in Iran's political consciousness. But in recent centuries, military defeats, external occupations and foreign interference have tempered its citizens’...
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