The Nuclear Option: A Risky Shift in India’s Pakistan Policy
In terms of global geopolitical developments, the past few weeks have been a bit of a frenzy. After the abrupt ending of the Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un summit, there are reports More
Another Gateway to Europe: Italy Joins the BRI
Italy has become one of the first major European economies to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). On March 23, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s week-long Europe tour, Rome More
The US Recognizes Israel’s Annexation of the Golan Heights
Following his March 21st tweet expressing his recognition of Israel’s control over the Golan Heights, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that officially recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the territory on More
The Morning After: The Brexit Day That Wasn’t
“We will be leaving the European Union on March the 29th, 2019.” This is the promise Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly made to the United Kingdom, the EU, and More
Brexit: The European Union Takes Control of the Timetable
The most recent European Council regarding Brexit was held on March 21st and 22nd. Delaying their dinner of roast duckling à l’orange with parsnip mousseline, EU27 (EU members minus the More
Op-Ed: To Save the Conservative Party from the Hard Right, Theresa May Must Appoint Her Successor
Amongst the sound and fury in British politics of the past nine months, many putative and promising politicians have had their ministerial careers cut brutally short. The infamous Chequers meeting More
Incomplete Decolonization: British Occupation of the Chagos Islands
On Monday, February 25th, the International Court of Justice near-unanimously ruled that the British occupation of the Chagos Islands is illegal. Though it was only an advisory ruling, the ICJ’s More
The Price of Friendship: Cost Plus Fifty
Following two years of rising US protectionism under Trump in the form of trade wars, the restructuring of NAFTA, the cutting of aid to Palestinian refugees, and so much more, More
Brexit Bollocks: What Will Happen in Brussels?
European Council meetings are usually quite the grand affair; Think police helicopters flying over Brussels rooftops and officers armed with automatic rifles at roadblocks around the Schumanplein. But few of More
Roadblock to NATO Expansion: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Supporters of the far-right and ultra-nationalist Serbian Ravna Gora movement, also known as the Chetnik movement, have provoked local and international condemnation for gathering in the eastern Bosnian town of More