Jerry Wei, MPP President Obama’s vaunted “Pivot to Asia,” announced in 2011, was supposed to help counter Chinese aggression, complementing and building on our existing military, economic,… Read more “Obama’s Failed Pivot to Asia”

Andre Avanessians, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives In the summer of 2014, news sources reported China’s plan to expand its international influence by creating an artificial… Read more “Spratly Islands: China’s Artificial Expansion and Why it Matters”

Konark Sikka, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Earlier this year, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was hammered out in secrecy. Negotiations began in 2008 and updates… Read more “The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Everything you want to know but are afraid to ask”

Chelsea Lenhart, MPA, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives After the terror attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13, politicians and pundits began to question if the United… Read more “Fighting ISIS: Lessons from Counterinsurgency Strategies”

Andre Avanessians, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives During a recent House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ), and a panel… Read more “Understanding the Growing Threat of Islamic Extremism in Russia”

Konark Sikka, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives 2014 saw Russia’s reemergence in the global sphere of geopolitics when the EuroMaidan protests developed and grew, and when… Read more “Evaluating the Current Sanctions Against Russia”