The Gap between America and Israel
2021’s flare up represents the third major Gaza conflict in the past two decades, the beginning of a trend of periodic and routinized violence between Hamas and the Netanyahu regime Continue Reading
China’s Short-Sighted Push to Renegotiate the Balance of Power in Asia
Those who fear the creation of a new international order, including anarchy in Asia, brought about by a polar shift caused by a decline in American power coupled with Chinese Continue Reading
How to Break the Stalemate in Myanmar
The last weeks have seen mass protests in Myanmar against a military coup aimed at reestablishing the armed forces’ hegemony over power in the country, which has only enjoyed less Continue Reading
Taiwan’s Newest Housing Policy Institutionalizes Racist Housing Practices
Taiwan has instituted an ostensibly pro-poor housing subsidy system with some very cruel consequences. One of the most glaring aspects is that it leave non-citizens ineligible, in and of itself Continue Reading
Bougainville Independence and the PRC
Bougainville Island, currently under the sovereignty of Papua New Guinea (PNG), is now nearly a year out from their late 2019 independence referendum in which a staggering 98.31% voted against increased Continue Reading
Apple’s Ethics: Reaping the Benefits of Outsourcing with None of the Responsibility
Apple is constantly portrayed in popular media as a benevolent giant, an occasional victim of a corrupt world supply chain, and pro-consumer firm focused on engineering the best products to Continue Reading
New Caledonia – A Game of Thrones for Independence and Nationalization of Industry
New Caledonia represents one of France’s last holdings in the South Pacific, an island territory whose population is half composed of Melanesians and half of those of European descent with Continue Reading
Kissinger and Realism
A response to the recent article in National Interest, The Case for Kissinger by Jacob Heilbrunn, as well as the paper by Waltz, Kenneth N. (2000). Structural Realism after the Cold War. Continue Reading
Hong Kong as a “Stateless Nation”?
An analysis of Fong, B. C. H. (2019). Stateless nation within a nationless state: The political past, present, and future of Hongkongers, 1949–2019. Nations and Nationalism. doi:10.1111/nana.12556 In 2019, prior to Continue Reading
Rational Choice and Breaking the PRC
Analyzed through the lens of Kydd, A. H. (2008). Methodological individualism and rational choice. In The Oxford Handbook of International Relations. Rational choice theory, the idea that political actors act based Continue Reading