NATO’s Expiration Date

Posted by on Sep 10, 2016 in Articles, Europe, Featured | 0 comments If the number of eager applicants on a waiting list determines the strength of a club, then the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is in fine fettle. At its most recent gathering in July, NATO welcomed its 29th member — Montenegro — which means that the alliance now outnumbers the European Union. Nearby Macedonia has been waiting for 17 years to be let in the door only to have Greece...
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Elite Smackdown

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in Articles, Europe, Featured | 0 comments You know you’re a wonk when your nighttime reading is as thick as the latest Stephen King novel, but no one in your family is clamoring to borrow your doorstop. Consider, for instance, the Iran nuclear agreement. It’s a mere 159 pages, but it’s full of technical language that requires the parsing of a physicist. The deal’s opponents in Congress, the ones who would like to rip it up as...
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The Surprising Popularity of Military Coups

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in Articles, Europe, Featured | 0 comments News of the military coup in Turkey was dribbling in on Saturday afternoon when I was having lunch with a group of six friends in West Virginia. Suddenly, one person looked up from her salad and said, “If Trump gets elected, I’d support a military coup in this country.” At least one other person at the table seconded her opinion. I was astonished. Since when had the “military option”...
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The Hangover (British Version)

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in Articles, Blog, Europe, Featured | 0 comments It’s the morning after. The British have woken up, dazed and woozy. They’re not exactly sure what happened a few days ago. But one thing is clear: Their political environment is a shambles. Some things are mysteriously missing, like leadership and a whole lot of money ($3 trillion from the stock market). Other things are just as mysteriously present, such as international ridicule. The poor...
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Donald Trump and America B

Posted by on Jun 26, 2016 in Articles, Europe, Featured, US Domestic Policy | 0 comments The voters vowed to take their revenge at the polls. They’d missed out on the country’s vaunted prosperity. They were disgusted with the liberal direction of the previous administration. They were anti-abortion and pro-religion. They were suspicious of immigrants, haughty intellectuals, and intrusive international institutions. And they very much wanted to make their nation great...
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Brexit: Farewell Internationalism?

Posted by on Jun 26, 2016 in Articles, Europe, Featured | 0 comments This week might represent the beginning of the end for international cooperation. All the treaties, alliances, and unions that have incrementally strengthened the ties between nations over the last several centuries have suddenly been revealed as a house of cards, which a wayward puff of air known as Brexit might suddenly blow away. Surely this must be an overstatement. The decision this week of...
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