Abstract Over the past 10 years, South Korea has chosen inconsistent strategies with respect to the US–South Korea alliance. On the one hand, Seoul disagreed…
Country or Region: United States
Abstract In March 1, 2013, the U.S. Department of Defense lost $37 billion overnight to sequestration. The cut marked the first wave of a series…
Abstract The past several months have witnessed a heated debate over the best way for the United States and Israel to respond to Iran’s nuclear…
Abstract Ever since the Iron Curtain came crashing down, American and Russian diplomats have been searching for a special relationship between their countries to replace…
Abstract To debtors, creditors can be like dictators. Governments in financial trouble often turn to the International Monetary Fund as supplicants, and acting at the…
Abstract In April 2013, Ukraine was sporting a massive current account deficit of eight percent, and it badly needed dollars to pay for vital imports.…
Excerpt Debate about the future of U.S.-Chinese relations is currently being driven by a more assertive Chinese foreign and security policy over the last decade,…
Abstract What explains patterns in North Korea’s own coverage of nuclear issues? The conventional wisdom assumes that North Korea focuses its attention on the United…
Excerpt To this end, the U.S. government has expanded its sprawling Cold War-era network of security commitments and military bases. It has reinforced its existing…
Excerpt Contrary to popular myths and conspiracy theories about Washington’s desire to control the Middle East, for the past six decades, U.S. policymakers have usually…
Excerpt In the wake of the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy underwent a profound transformation. Unrestrained by superpower competition, the United States’ ambitions spilled over…
Abstract Since the mid-1990s, strategic partnerships have emerged as a new form of alignment between states, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Yet only recently has…
Excerpt The American campaign against terrorism may be grabbing the headlines, but another battle is being waged with perhaps equally significant long-term implications: the contest…
Excerpt So far, the year 2014 has been a tumultuous one, as geopolitical rivalries have stormed back to center stage. Whether it is Russian forces…
Excerpt Soon after the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Western leaders began to think of Russia as a partner. Although Washington and its friends in…
