Asia November 2025

A Pipeline to Success: Central Asia’s Strategic Opportunity

It’s time to go big in Central Asia. The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline holds promise to reshape...
Essays November 2025

Reforming the Department of State: A Vision for an Elite, Agile Diplomatic Corps

The United States possesses the world’s most powerful military, the largest economy, and the most admired culture. Yet, for...
Essays November 2025

Can Europe Go It Alone?

Under the Trump administration, which entered office in January 2025, the United States has spurned, or at least...
Essays November 2025

The Unquiet Last Years of Naguib Mahfouz

Preface Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006) became the Arab world’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1988. His 34 novels include...
Essays November 2025

New York’s Zohran Mamdani and Chile’s Gabriel Boric

When he took office as Chile’s president in early 2022, the youthful Gabriel Boric was hailed internationally as the...
Essays November 2025

The View Over the Yarmouk River, An Israeli Reserve Officer on the Israel-Syria border

As part of my army reserve service, I belong to a unit that is holding a sector opposite Syria and defending the State of...
Essays November 2025

Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood: A Practical Roadmap for the Trump Administration

Ten months into his second term, President Donald Trump has reshaped much of the Middle East’s political landscape. His...
Essays November 2025

The United States as an Offshore Balancer

Americans’ frustration with recent failures abroad, combined with looming challenges in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle...
Africa November 2025

Africa’s Twin, Connected Crises

Nigeria’s attacks on its Christian community and Sudan’s collapse are not isolated crises. They are chapters of the same...
Book & Movie Reviews November 2025

A Clarion Call for Liberal Education

Blue Skies: My Life in Many Worlds, by S. Frederick Starr, Dorrance Publishers, 2025.  In his memoirs, Edward Gibbon...

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