Paul D. Miller, associate director at the University of Texas-Austin’s Clements Center for National Security, spoke at the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation to discuss his book, American Power and Liberal Order: A Conservative Internationalist…
Topic: Asia
What’s Next for Trump and Taiwan?
Before President-elect Trump’s recent exchange of greetings with Taiwanese leaders, Gordon G. Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China, spoke at the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation , giving his take the incoming administration and…
Obama Scaring Allies on Nuclear ‘No First Use’ Policy
The Obama administration is considering a ‘no first use’ policy, which is not sitting well with longtime American allies, said Professor Matthew Kroenig, an associate professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University, at…
The New Cold War
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and George Washington University held a joint conference, their third together, at the university’s D.C. campus. Peter Clement, deputy assistant director for CIA’s Europe and Eurasia Mission, John McLaughlin, distinguished…
Rep. Kinzinger says the Party of Defense and Security will not be “Trumped”
Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) says Donald Trump’s foreign policy suggestion “to get out of the rest of the world” is narcissistic and dangerous.
U.S.-Japan Alliance Has Big Questions
As China-Japan frictions are bubbling to the surface, there are legitimate concerns whether there will be an armed conflict in the near future, and whether the U.S. would back Japan in defending Japan in places…
Bad Business with China 101
Those who warn of the dangers of professors making pronouncements outside their area of expertise may have been a bit too hasty. A case might be made for encouraging business professors to look at foreign…
Asians are being Hurt by Affirmative Action
Asian parents and their children are not happy how affirmative action laws are discriminating against them, possibly preventing them from being accepted to top universities because they typically score well in tests.
Why Foreign Aid Hurts the Poor
In his newest book, “The Tyranny of Experts,” William Easterly, a former World Bank economist who now teaches at NYU, attacks the top-down economic model that aid organizations and bureaucracies have pushed for decades. He…