Darkness at High Noon

Posted by on Feb 24, 2016 in Articles, Featured, Korea | 0 comments As the world focuses on the war in Syria, the refugee crisis in Europe, and the primary slugfest in the United States, the two Koreas are heading toward a catastrophe in the Far East. Although relations on the Korean peninsula have been deteriorating for the better part of eight years, the last six months have been particularly tense. North Korea recently conducted its fourth nuclear test and...
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The Leader Our Foreign Policy Deserves

Posted by on Feb 6, 2016 in Articles, Featured, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments It’s often said that, in democracies, we get the leaders that we deserve. In the current slugfest masquerading as a presidential race, it looks as though we’re getting the leader that our foreign policy deserves. The results of the first round of the 2016 presidential election in Iowa, with narrow victories by Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton, only underscore this point. Let me explain. The Obama...
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Obama: The Fairy-Tale President?

Posted by on Dec 17, 2015 in Articles, Featured, US Foreign Policy | 0 comments In fairy tales, the hero makes a wish. After a few trials the wish comes true, and everyone lives happily ever after. But only in this Disney version of fairy tales is wish fulfillment so straightforward. In Goethe’s modern fairy tale, a scholar dreams of knowledge and power. A stranger grants his wish, but the ambitious Faust must pledge his soul to the Devil to seal the deal. In the famous...
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After Obama: Clinton vs. Sanders

Posted by on Sep 18, 2015 in Articles, Featured, US Foreign Policy | 2 comments Last week, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton gave a major foreign policy speechthat provided a glimpse of one possible post-Obama future. In many ways, it was not a pretty picture. But let’s first look at the good points. Clinton endorsed the Iran deal that just squeaked through Congress despite unanimous Republican opposition. “Either we move forward on the path of diplomacy...
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