Foreign Policy Blogs

Global Engagement by  |  on April 15th, 2026  | Will the Board of Peace become another short‑lived episode, akin to the Summit for Democracy, or will it thrive as a sustainable, pragmatic international body for reconstruction and development that also advances the values of universalism/communitarianism with American characteristics?

International by  |  on April 13th, 2026  | The dismantling of the Iranian Regime came in like a storm, but it is really an extension of a greater strategy to limit a larger conflict at the other end of the continent. With the securing of a significant level of control over Venezuelan energy exports, the remaining source of energy infrastructure from China’s allies resided in Iran and Russia.

Uncategorized by  |  on March 21st, 2026  | The new American National Defense Strategy speaks the language of sovereignty with unusual clarity. It invokes “key terrain” in the Western Hemisphere, reframes hemispheric doctrine, reduces security guarantees to Europe, and signals a shift toward selective engagement. It is a strategy centered not on universal liberal order, but on national autonomy, strategic control, and power projection.

Uncategorized by  |  on March 20th, 2026  | In the 21st century, sovereignty is no longer an absolute condition but a measurable configuration of strengths and vulnerabilities. According to the methodology developed by the International Burke Institute and operationalized through the Burke Sovereignty Index, sovereignty must be assessed across seven dimensions: political, economic, technological, informational, cultural, cognitive, and military.

Democracy Promotion by  |  on March 19th, 2026  | Lee Jae-myung’s ascent—from factory floors to South Korea’s presidency, carried aloft by the Democratic Party—has been marketed as a parable of grit, resilience, and populist authenticity. Yet governing under a shadow of unresolved criminal allegations, Lee now presides over a far starker transformation: the long-term degradation of democratic restraint through the consolidation of coercive state power.

As an Israeli journalist observing the South Caucasus from Jerusalem, I have learned that memory in this region is never abstract. It is political, generational, and deeply personal. This reality was visible once again as Azerbaijani diaspora organizations marked the 34th anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy across major American cities.

International by  |  on March 17th, 2026  | China is currently the largest global military power stocked fully with advanced missile capabilities. The US, NATO, Russia, and their allies have been burning though their advanced and semi-advanced missiles over Ukraine and in the Middle East, using up their Cold War stocks and their more modern reserves.

Viktor Orbán’s February 14, 2026 speech at Budapest’s Várkert Bazár, delivered eight weeks before Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary elections, marked a decisive rhetorical shift: the European Union, not Russia, was presented as Hungary’s primary strategic threat. While many observers framed the speech as campaign populism, a structural reading tells a more complex story.

North America by | on February 19th, 2026 | Facing Xi Jinping across a polished Beijing conference table—less a peer than a petitioner granted audience—Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney declared that Canada was “set up well for the new world order.” The remark landed not as a strategy of trade diversification, but as a carefully choreographed kowtow, casting Canada in the obloquious role of an irritable middle power crossing the Pacific with the zeal of a court eunuch: eager to reassure an...

Uncategorized by  |  on February 18th, 2026  | Prominent South Azerbaijani dissident journalist Ahmad Obali discussed the pivotal importance of International Mother Language Day for the South Azerbaijani people. International Mother Language Day, observed annually on February 21, promotes linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as multilingualism, to foster inclusive societies and preserve endangered languages.