Imperialism

Over the past five years, most Americans have become familiar with what leading journalists and academics have termed, the new era of “Great Power Competition”: a reference to the increasingly...

On the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the George W. Bush administration was convinced that American troops would be welcomed by the Iraqi people. Vice President Dick Cheney...

THE TWENTY-FIRST century is the era of the nation-state. Today there are 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly, even though at the time of its formation, the UN...

Russia’s ill-fated invasion of Ukraine recalls Britain and France’s Suez campaign in 1956. Britain and France’s humiliating retreat marked the end of their status as first-rank powers and the beginning...

When Ukraine appeared to be on the verge of exiting Russia’s orbit in late 2013, it took an almighty effort from the Kremlin to drag the then Ukrainian president Viktor...

In the wake of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, we have witnessed an inspiring and spirited resistance by Ukrainian soldiers and civilians under arms. According to experts and observers, these soldiers...

While the events unfolding in Ukraine are keeping most of Europe on edge and Western media outlets in a frenzy to depict the atrocities there, the reaction in the rest...

Sometimes states lose control over a significant amount of their territory before regaining much or even all of it. This can occur due to external invasion, when internal political struggle...

The recently held Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee is interesting for many reasons, and its materials are now discussed around the world. This...

U.S. foreign policy remains under siege. America’s outdated thinkers, especially those who overestimate Washington’s economic leverage while grossly underestimating the will of adversaries, are still shaping U.S. foreign policy in the twenty-first century. To illustrate this, consider what Ryan Crocker—the former U.S....

The phrase “the great game” was coined by the British spy-soldier-diplomat Arthur Conolly and later immortalized by Rudyard Kipling. Peter Hopkirk’s 1992 book bears the same name and tells the...

The global furore about the meaning and relevance of statues, memorials and place names from a racist, imperial past presents a special challenge to Aotearoa-New Zealand. In this former colonial...