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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. 

December 7, 2023

India
Modi’s BharatNet Is Just a Bid for Reelection

Modi’s prime ministerial pet project to expand Internet connectivity to rural India is more of an election campaign tool than a substantive effort to improve technological connectivity in rural India…

Commuters watch videos on their mobile phones as they travel in a suburban train in Mumbai, India.

November 15, 2023

China
Meeting Low Expectations: Analyzing President Biden’s Summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping

President Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi was an opportunity to stabilize U.S.-China relations and yielded some important deliverables, but the bilateral relationship will continue to be de…

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, California.

October 13, 2023

United States
Happy 248th Birthday, U.S. Navy!

The U.S. Navy marks 248 years of service.

Navy ship

October 12, 2023

Kenya
1100 Kenyans Will Not Save Haiti

The UN-authorized Kenyan peace mission to Haiti is a welcome gesture, but it falls drastically short of the help the country urgently needs to establish a modern state.

A convoy of cars from the Haitian National Police (PNH) are pictured being led by two men on motorcycles.

September 27, 2023

Diplomacy and International Institutions
A Dispiriting UNGA

Leaders devalue democracy under the guise of standing up to the West.

Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya addresses the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, on September 21, 2023.

August 30, 2023

Taiwan
Taiwan Announced a Record Defense Budget: But Is It Enough to Deter China?

While Taiwan has significantly increased its defense spending over the past seven years, it needs to invest more to deter China and prevent the military balance from shifting decisively in Beijing’s …

Taiwan's military holds a drill at a military base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

August 22, 2023

Kenya
Kenya’s Governance Dilemma

With no clear end in sight for Kenya’s cost of living crisis, the Ruto administration will struggle to promote calm while managing expectations.

Red and white flowers lay before a vigil of photos showing Kenyans who had been killed in recent protests in July 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.

July 31, 2023

United States
Meet Will Hurd, Republican Presidential Candidate

The former CIA clandestine officer and former congressman from Texas is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Will Hurd