The area under cultivation is approaching the size of the smallest U.S. state.
Afghanistan’s Opium: No End in Sight
Despite U.S. elimination efforts since the 2001 invasion, production of the drug crop is much higher.
The Taliban’s Cash Crop
Opium is an ever-larger source of funds and legitimacy for the once anti-drug Afghan insurgency.
Blaming Populists for Making Empty Promises?
The inclination of establishment politicians to overpromise is the core cause of the rise of populism.
2017: Saudi Arabia’s Annus Horribilis?
Think that 2016 was a tough year for Saudi Arabia? Wait till you see 2017
Americans’ Moby Dick: The 21st Century Edition
The “War On Terror” is entering its 16th year. But why does it have such a hold over Americans’ lives, culture and politics?
Political Inversions: Clinton in ’08 and Obama in ’16?
A reflection on the strategic consequences of accidental American political inversions.
The US Electoral College and Weeding Out the Chaff
How the Founding Fathers’ original intent regarding the Electoral College over time was turned on its very head.
Ukraine, the West and a Dead End
What the West must do so that a reformed Ukraine can survive in the face of a continuing Russian threat.
























