North Korea's claim to have a hydrogen bomb has upped the ante in its game of nuclear poker with the US and its allies. Sanctions have not deterred Kim Jong-un thus far, so what will?
Dec 4, 2017 reports that Washington, DC, is in a state of near-panic over the US president's mental state.
Nov 29, 2017 laments that the administration still doesn't seem to have any plan for resolving the nuclear standoff.
Oct 25, 2017 thinks a formal agreement to end the Korean War could pave the way for broader diplomatic talks.
Oct 9, 2017 highlights how the Kim regime's quasi-religious national narrative is fueling the current crisis.
Sep 20, 2017 says the key is to bring China – the only country that really matters – fully on board.
Sep 4, 2017 imagines a scenario in which Chinese military intervention succeeds.
While Boris Johnson, the likely successor to British Prime Minister Theresa May, takes his country down a path of diminished trade, the European Union is negotiating one of the largest free-trade agreements in the world. One really has to wonder what the "buccaneering" Brexiteers have to complain about.
For months, the world looked on as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attempted to reverse the outcome of the city's municipal election. But now that Erdoğan's party has been defeated once again (and massively so this time around), his fundamental weakness has been exposed – as has that of populist authoritarians everywhere.
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