The Disorder Grows
Photo by Mahmoud Sulaiman on Unsplash It is hard to turn away, and not to wonder almost immediately the near and longer term consequences of this latest conflict. I am…
A Sad Short Note on Trump’s War Speech
Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash With a holiday break upon many of us, the Post this week will be just a bit shorter. But I couldn’t restrain myself…
The Unveiling ‘Nakedness’ of Trump Foreign Policy
Photo Planet Volumes on Unsplash There is nothing like a conflict to reveal, often not intentionally, the foreign policy strategy driving that leadership. This certainly seems to be the case…
The Slow Climb to Middle Power Diplomacy (MPD)
Picture from Planet Volumes from Unsplash+ As I suggested over the last several Posts, I wanted to take a quick look at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s follow-up trips that…
The War Continues
Photo by mana5280 on Unsplash Now I have not forgotten my expressed desire to examine the impact of Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney’s recent visit to India, Australia, and Japan.…
‘Just Keeps Rolling Along’
Photo by omid armin on Unsplash. The week has past and where have we come to. Hmm, not exactly sure. The war in Iran and in the surrounding region, well…
A New Age of ‘Variable Geometry’, Possibly. But First …
Image Credit: Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash Well this week initially designed to examine the Middle Power (MP) ‘variable geometry’ approach described by Canada’s Mark Carney and seemingly being…
The Latest Podcast in The ‘Now’ Series with Stewart Patrick from the Carnegie Institute for International Peace (CEIP)
Join me with Stewart Patrick in this fist podcast of the new ‘Now’ Series - Season 4, Episode 1. With Stewart in this podcast I am particularly interested in how…
A ‘Wild’ US Foreign Policy Week
It has been a ‘wild week’ for US foreign policy - even for this President. Experts provided geopolitical analyses on the Trump administration foreign policy plans from: the Munich Security…
From the East Asia Forum – “Trump tactics put G20 cohesion to the test”
The EAF Post focuses on the South Africa G20 presidency in 2025 - the tensions with the Trump administration during that hosting year, especially over the South Africa Declaration and…