The Ukraine conflict has left Russia in a very uncomfortable position. Originally envisaged as a means to deter future wars, ...

A New York Times article recently dubbed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the “de facto viceroy of Venezuela” on July 12th ...

Francis A. Beer is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his A. B. (1960) from Harvard and M. A. (1963) and Ph.D. (1967) from the [...] ...

Steve Chan is College Professor of Distinction Emeritus and formerly chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research interests focus on international ...

Anshu Kumar is a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He frequently writes on Russia, ...

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Thucydides’ Trap—the idea that a rising power and an anxious hegemon are fated to collide—has become the go-to shorthand for understanding China and the United States, invoked even by Xi Jinping ...

Beijing’s new blockbuster casts the 1683 conquest of Taiwan as a preview of “unstoppable” unification—but the film has provoked backlash even among Chinese nationalists uneasy with its Qing-over-Ming ...

As the fifth anniversary of Australia’s departure from Afghanistan draws near, questions about the conduct of its soldiers still captivate the national debate. The commissioning of the Brereton Report ...

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