By Alex Fisher FOR the first time in many years, British Eurosceptics smell blood. With the Eurozone crisis having vindicated the nation’s decision to stay out of the single currency, the uneasy truce that had emerged between pro-Europeans like former…
By Paavan Gami AMY Chua’s book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother whipped up an international storm. While criticisms defending Western parenting gained prominence, the Chinese perspective itself was neglected. In China, the book was paradoxically heralded as…
By Sun Woo Ryoo GEORGE Kennan, the chief architect of the American strategy of containment, expressed his doubts for a quick end of the Cold War, saying it may only “be possible to negotiate the end of the Cold War…
By Harrison Monsky George Perkovich is Vice President for Studies and Director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He has focused on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation, particularly with respect to South Asia and Iran….
Conducted by Geng Ngarmboonanant Al-Jazeera has been at the forefront of reporting on the Arab Spring, and is widely credited for its in-depth, unbiased and often courageous journalism. In fact, Al-Jazeera itself has been cited as one of the factors…
By Meredith Potter ON MAY 2, 2011, American operatives stormed a residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, killing al Qaeda commander Osama bin Laden. The immediate effect on the United States and its allies was psychological; retribution had been achieved after…
Professor Ellen Lust currently works in Yale University’s Department of Political Science as an Associate Professor, with a focus on political structure and development. Having received an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan, she has written…
By Josef Goodman History will return to normal. After a few centuries of hibernation, which gave rise to Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries, China is awaking from its slumber to reclaim the dominance of…
