Congressional Testimony – No Exit Strategy: Burma’s Endless Crisis and America’s Limited Options
…Source Rare Earth Minerals from Myanmar Will Not Succeed.” Stimson Center. 1 August 2025. https://www.stimson.org/2025/four-reasons-why-proposals-to-source-rare-earth-minerals-from-myanmar-will-not-succeed/. See also Eyler, Brian and Regan Kwan. “Toxic Rare Earth Mining is Ruining Mekong Tributaries…
News Roundup for March 7
…Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein quoted – March 7 KOS MEDIA: While Trump was reporting ‘great progress’, Kim Jong Un was improving his missile sites [by Mark Sumner] – 38 North mentioned…
Where Have You Gone, Paul Nitze?
…in fact a real war in which the survival of the free world is at stake. Essential prerequisites to success are consultations with Congressional leaders designed to make the program…
The Downward Spiral In Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Ties
On September 15, 2020, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa of Bahrain met at the White House to sign…
US President’s Overtures to Kim Jong Un Expectedly Fall Short
…offer sanctions relief. Meanwhile, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui was in Russia to reaffirm strong ties and in Belarus to open a new chapter in bilateral relations. The…
Trade Tehran’s Top Priority for Trump’s Sole Objective
After Israel’s initial attacks on Iranian nuclear and missile sites achieved some success, a chorus of public commentators, Congressional leaders, and current and former political and military officials from Israel…
Iran’s Nuclear Future
…Agency’s nuclear watchdogs at declared production facilities, or by enrichment activities at underground sites where it refuses to allow inspections. But these activities are hard to hide. Crossing these thresholds…
The Taliban continues to struggle for international recognition
On 17 January 2023, Afghan Acting Minister of Interior Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani met with members of the European Union delegation to Afghanistan. The meeting agenda included discussions on the EU’s…