1+ week, 5+ day ago   (178+ words) The Audacity of Chaos: Obama, Arthur Zimmermann and the Dangerous Politics of Destabilization Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker The aftermath of Libya therefore deserves to be considered not simply as a Libyan tragedy, but as part of…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (205+ words) Michiyo Tanabe, Chika Mori, and Sawako Uchida The people of Iceland have rejected the reopening of European Union (EU) membership negotiations, delivering a significant political setback to a government that supported restarting the process. The result underlines the enduring strength…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (125+ words) Murad Makhmudov, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker The warning from Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar in 2025 was therefore stark. Saar stated that it was “very dangerous” to belong to a religious minority in Syria, adding, “This has been proven…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (173+ words) Noriko Watanabe, Kanako Mita, and Michiyo Tanabe Historical UN investigations documented serious allegations and cases of sexual exploitation and abuse involving peacekeepers in Haiti, while the United Nations eventually acknowledged its role in the devastating cholera outbreak associated with its…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (721+ words) Japan and Geopolitics: China and the Russian Federation Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Abe’s approach was neither naïve nor ideological. It was rooted in strategic realism. He recognized that maintaining dialogue with Moscow could provide Japan with…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (496+ words) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker The strategic logic is understandable. Taiwan faces a much larger military power across the Taiwan Strait, while Beijing has continued military exercises, maritime pressure and other forms of gray-zone activity around the…...