Australia’s Not So Quiet Crisis
Australia, for decades a global example of peaceful multicultural coexistence, now finds itself confronting a deeply uncomfortable truth. Beneath the sun-soaked optimism of our cities lies a rising tide of tension and disharmony, triggered not by homegrown animosity, but by foreign agendas exploiting the freedoms of a Western liberal democracy. At the center of this […]
A Freedom Strategy for the Global South
In the current cold war, the US and its allies in the Free World bloc are in a sharp contest with the authoritarian, revisionist, and expansionist bloc of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The stakes could not be higher. If the Free World loses this contest, the freedom, security, and prosperity of Americans and its […]
Southeast Asia between Major Powers: Lessons for the Middle East
I once asked a Vietnamese friend what an impending leadership change in Hanoi meant for his country’s relations with China. “Every Vietnamese leader,” he replied, “must get along with China; every Vietnamese leader must stand up to China; and if you cannot do both at the same time, you don’t deserve to be the leader.” […]
