Mongolia

May 19, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran’s Raisi joins long list of political leaders involved in mysterious crashes

It isn't expected that presidents should go missing or be involved in crashes. However, historically, a number of important political and military leaders have met their end in crashes.

July 4, 2023 | David Maxwell |

Mongolia Forum: Peace and security in Northeast Asia through Korean unification

Since Mongolia transitioned from communism to democracy it has been quietly working behind the scenes as a peace builder serving as a convening location for numerous talks, dialogues, processes, workshops...

March 7, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Crimes Against Humanity Under ICC Spotlight

Turkey is facing difficult times, really difficult times. The numerous earthquakes which struck ten provinces in the southeastern part of the country killed tens of thousands, made 1.25 million homeless...

July 16, 2022 | David May |

Knocking anti-Israel bias to the mat

Three years, two nationalities and one pandemic later, Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei finally faced his Israeli opponent — and now best friend — Sagi Muki, on the mat. Their unlikely friendship, the...

June 30, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

Is Anyone Listening to the Pacific Islands?

What do people of the Pacific Islands think about China’s plans for the region and the U.S. response?

August 23, 2021 | Matt Pottinger |

Beijing’s American Hustle

How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power

March 9, 2021 | David May, Benjamin Weinthal

Olympics Needs to Uphold Ban on Iran’s Discrimination

The CAS ruling sends the wrong message to Tehran. The principles of the Olympic Charter and the lives of Iranian athletes ought to compel more than this.

January 28, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

As Xi Professes a Commitment to ‘Multilateralism,’ the U.S. Counters With a Dose of Reality

A recently declassified memo suggests we bolster democracies throughout China’s neighborhood as a counterweight to the CCP’s domineering model.

June 24, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Post Covid-19: Challenges and Opportunities for the CAMCA Region

Epidemics are not new to the CAMCA region and historical accounts document many of them. In Genghis Khan’s main code of laws, Yasa, public health infractions, such as polluting or urinating in rivers,...

October 12, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, John Lechner

Khashoggi Crisis Holds a Mirror to Turkey

Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi has gone missing after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The Turkish government alleges...

October 10, 2018 | Mathew Ha |

Treasury Targets North Korean Sanctions Evaders in Turkey

The U.S. Treasury Department last week sanctioned a Turkis...

March 27, 2015 | Claudia Rosett |

Obama’s Iran Policy Is Lost at Sea

American negotiators and their cohorts are trying to close a deal that would let Iran keep its nuclear program, subject to intricate conditions of monitoring and enforcement. Yet how is a deal li...

November 28, 2011 |

The Xinjiang Procedure

Beijing’s ‘New Frontier’ is ground zero for the organ harvesting of political prisoners.

June 14, 2011 | World Defense Review

An Inconvenient Flag

Liberia's Ship Registry in the Age of Global Terrorism

April 29, 2010 | World Defense Review

Kid Kabila and Congo’s Joyless Jubilee

Last week, the United Nations Security Council rescheduled for mid-May a planned fact-finding mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Officially, the trip was cancelled because of the...

May 7, 2008 |

Ships of Fools?

To fully appreciate the complications and dangers America faces in the post Sept. 11, 2001, world, consider recent actions taken by the government of one of America's strategic allies....

December 15, 2003 | New York Times

Rebuilding Iraq With Clean Hands

With Saddam Hussein finally in custody and the future of Iraq looking a little more secure, we're hearing calls for President Bush to rip up the list of countries that the United States has...

April 1, 2003 | Washington Post Online

Beneath the Surface

By Terry M. Neal As the mainstream media obsess over the operational details of the war in Iraq, something ominous is brewing in lands beyond that does not portend well for the United St...