Putin’s ploy
Chess is the national sport of Russia. It is, therefore, as Soviet Communists like Vladimir Putin used to say, "no...
Foreign Policy
AFRICOM proceeds apace
By Colin Crowley Recently, the United States military announced a new addition to its cyber library: www.eucom.mil/africom, the web address of...
Democracy in the Middle East
In this paper, CSP Research Associate Randy Wanis explores the problems and possibilities of democracy promotion in the Middle East. ...
Echoes of 1919
Blind Wilsonian idealism is bad enough, but isolation and defeatism are worse. Both critics and supporters of US President George W....
The Bering Strait Tunnel Project
What do Russian President Vladimir Putin, spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, political activist Lyndon LaRouche and former U.S. Secretary of...
An African “Marshall Plan”
After years of intermittent engagement, China's 50-year relationship with the African continent has accelerated recently, with discussions on issues including...
Inside the inside story
Echoes of "slam dunk" so vex former Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet that he has written a book....
The real Axis of Evil
In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President George Bush used the term "Axis of Evil" to describe the...
Latin America’s radical grassroots (part 2)
A new political danger is on the rise in Latin America. At the grass roots, there are a swelling number...
Latin America’s radical grassroots (part 2)
A new political danger is on the rise in Latin America. At the grass roots, there are a swelling number...
Freedom’s champions
It was so, well, Soviet. This weekend's news clips showed Russian goon squads charging courageous opponents of an authoritarian Kremlin, truncheons...
Iran needs a reason to fear
Iranian gunboats on patrol in the Persian Gulf. The following article by Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely, Wayne Simmons, and...
Branding – not ourselves, but the enemy
The following is a thematic excerpt from Fighting the War of Ideas Like a Real War, the new book by...
A model fatwa
The following is a thematic excerpt from Fighting the War of Ideas Like a Real War, the new book by...
Latin America’s radical grassroots
The logo of Hezbollah in Venezuela by Dr. Luis Fleischman and Nicole M. Ferrand The emergence of neo-populism...
North Korea deal stumbles. Surprised?
When the U.S. inked a nuclear deal last month with Kim Jong-Il's regime in Pyongyang, many critics and strategists were...