Xi Jinping’s Civil Diplomacy Initiative: Origins, Purpose, and Challenges
Despite recent high-level meetings between Chinese and American officials, the two nations continue to accuse each other on a variety of issues.
Opinion – A New Balance in Sino-US Relations?
The new balance is, and will remain, about managing confrontations and reducing misperceptions that could lead things out of control.
A Tale of Two Attitudes Toward Leftist Governments in Latin America
Progressive governments in the region will likely not threaten U.S. interests, but poor policies on the part of the U.S. toward their neighbors may do just that.
Opinion – The US Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Weapons
While modernizing the US nuclear arsenal is a necessity, adding more nuclear weapons to the US stockpile is a costly and unnecessary endeavour.
The Changing Geopolitical Context of US Support for Human Rights and Democracy Promotion
At a time when neither Russia nor China is advancing human rights and democratization, America’s doing so could prove to be a highly strategic move.
US Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Counter-Orientalism to Neo-Orientalism
The USA can lend its support to pro-American regimes in the Middle East, and at the same time, encourage them to support semi-democratic institutions.
Opinion – Britain and the American South: A Special Relationship?
While the UK and the US South seek to improve understandings of one another’s society and politics, historical attempts have proved fruitless.
The Complex Dance of US-China Climate Cooperation
The question looms large of whether the US and China can lead on tacking climate change while also navigating the geopolitical tensions caused by their geopolitical rivalry.
Thinking Global Podcast – Michael Kugelman
Michael Kugelman explores both the international and regional dynamics of contemporary South Asian politics with the team, focussing on Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
Opinion – Ukraine and the Republican Party’s Drift from the ‘Honor Code’ of Jacksonian Diplomacy
The positions of Trump and DeSantis indicate that the 2024 election will accentuate party polarisation on Ukraine.
