On October 3, Latvia holds parliamentary elections for the 15th time. The election follows the resignation of Prime Minister ...

This whole Greenland saga has elicited all sorts of commentary. Let’s step back. The United States has had a presence on Greenland and permissive basing rules ...

The Russo-Ukrainian War, if dated to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, is the longest running conflict in Europe since the French Revolutionary and ...

Foreign Policy Research Institute and an alum of the University of Pennsylvania. He majored in International Relations and History, and his undergraduate thesis examined the soft power implications of ...

Over the past year, China has been quietly shifting its stance within the international system. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is casting itself as an ...

Neumann University and Board President of the Latvian Society of Philadelphia. His professional experience spans from Mongolia’s state news agency to G-Town Radio, a community station in Philadelphia, ...

On April 22, 2026, Germany published what has been called the first military strategy in the Bundeswehr’s history. Signed by Chief of Defence Gen. Carsten Breuer, it is part of the broader “overall ...

A series of high-level meetings between leaders and visits by prominent politicians from the United States, China, and Taiwan has roiled chronically fraught issues of Taiwan policy and cross-Strait ...

The president asked Congress to approve a Pentagon funding request of $1.5 trillion for next year’s defense budget. This represents a record-shattering budget increase of roughly 50 percent over last ...

China’s latest Five-Year Plan signals that it has become more pessimistic about the global environment, seeing it as uncertain and unstable. However, the Chinese Communist Party sees opportunity in ...

After a month of combat operations, the United States and Israel have made it clear that they will not allow Iran to become a nuclear power. Based on Iran’s history of domestic repression and foreign ...