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December 20, 2023

Taiwan
Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Election: Analyzing William Lai’s Foreign Policy Positions

William Lai’s priorities are bolstering Taiwan’s defenses and consolidating ties with democracies. China is unlikely to pursue dialogue with Lai and would instead increase pressure on Taiwan.

Taiwan's Vice President and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate William Lai addresses the DPP annual congress in Taipei, Taiwan. 

March 20, 2024

Human Rights
The Human Rights Industry

The two largest human rights NGOs, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, dominate the field despite deep problems of bias and inadequate oversight.

January 17, 2024

Taiwan
China Responds to Taiwan’s Presidential Election: Is Beijing Biding Its Time?

China’s initial response to William Lai’s victory in Taiwan’s presidential election was relatively restrained but it will likely exert more pressure on Taiwan in the coming months. 

Taiwan President-elect William Lai waves to supporters at a rally following his victory in the presidential election, in Taipei, Taiwan.

March 12, 2024

Haiti
Haiti Mission Lacks Interlocutor Plus Peruvian Congress Purges Top Judges

No interlocutor for Haiti mission’s international troops and Peru’s “pact of the corrupt” is succeeding where Guatemala’s failed without international pressure.

A protestor holds up a Haitian flag during a demonstration against Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government and insecurity in Port-au-Prince on March 1, 2024.

June 12, 2018

Palestinian Territories
Prince William (and the Foreign Office) in Jerusalem

I’ve written many times about the British royal family’s remarkable record of refusing to make an official visit to Israel while making scores of visits to Arab capitals. That will change in a matter…

July 2, 2012

United States
Daniel Klaidman’s Revelations

This weekend, the CIA continued its campaign against suspected militants in Pakistan with a drone strike that reportedly killed at least eight. I’ve compiled excerpts from Daniel Klaidman’s recently …

Obama call

November 26, 2013

United States
Ten Whats With...Daniel Markey

Daniel Markey is Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where he specializes in security and governance issues in South Asia. He has published a …

No Exit from Pakistan:America's Tortured Relationship with Islamabad by Daniel Markey