Russell Rumbaugh and John Cappel analysis of DoD sequestration cited in Council on Foreign Relation
…assessment released in mid-April. They also bring clarity to the likely contentious budgetary mark up and debate process now unfolding in the House Armed Services Committee. To read the full page, click here….
John Mearsheimer: A World Tour
…his mind? Is this what you want?” And this gets back to the knob of your question about strategic interest versus moral interest. And we’re focusing here, of course, on…
Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China Border
…and English languages, all three texts having equal validity. [Signed:] R. L. Bhatia Minister of State for External Affairs Republic of India Tang Jiaxuan Vice-Foreign Minister People’s Republic of China…
Upending the Stalemate between India and Pakistan
Trend lines in the subcontinent are poor and will not improve until there is substantive dialogue between India and Pakistan. Hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would pull a “Nixon…
With Israel, Palestine and Lebanon on Fire, Why is UN Mediation Absent?
…into the Knesset seeks to designate the UN body as a terrorist organization. An independent panel led by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna reviewed UNRWA and made 50 recommendations…
China’s Gray Zone Activities and Taiwan’s Responses
…Ministry of Defense (2014), Defense of Japan 2014, <https://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/11591426/www.mod.go.jp/e/publ/w_paper/pdf/2014/DOJ2014_Digest_part1_web_1031.pdf> 4 Note: Japan Ministry of Defense (2022), Defense of Japan 2022, <https://www.mod.go.jp/en/publ/w_paper/wp2022/DOJ2022_EN_Full_02.pdf>, p. 8. 5 Note: Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C….
Waypoints and Course Adjustments Towards Naval Shipbuilding Cooperation with South Korea
…recent developments, such as the establishment of a South Korean pan-governmental task force for U.S.-South Korea shipbuilding cooperation involving the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…