At a recent conference in France, a number of Europeans surprised their American guests by arguing that US President Donald Trump might be good for Europe. With Trump returning to Europe for the G20 s ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-07
Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a heavily orchestrated "Belt and Road" forum in Beijing. The two-day event attracted 29 heads of state, including Russia's Vladimir Putin, and 1, ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-13
This election season has been marked by frequent charges of dishonesty. During the “Brexit” debate, each side charged the other with distorting the truth, though the speed with which the “Leave” camp ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
A trend toward greater authoritarianism seems to be spreading worldwide. Russian President Vladimir Putin has successfully used nationalism to tighten his control over Russia and seems to enjoy great ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive US presidential nominee, has expressed deep skepticism about the value of America’s alliances. His is a very 19th century view of the world. Back then, ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
Donald Trump’s lead in the race for the Republican Party’s nomination as its US presidential candidate in November has caused consternation. The Republican establishment fears he will not be able to d ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
US politics has been captured by terrorists. In December, polls showed that one in six Americans, about 16 percent of the population, now identify terrorism as the most important national problem, up ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Fear of a “cyber Pearl Harbor” first appeared in the 1990s, and for the past two decades, policymakers have worried that hackers could blow up oil pipelines, contaminate the water supply, open floodga ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
As Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sat down this week in Seoul with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, he did so as the leader of a country that many people around ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
The Islamic State has captured the world’s attention with gruesome videos of beheadings, wanton destruction of antiquities, and skilled use of social media. It has also captured a large part of easter ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
China has been making major efforts to increase its ability to influence other countries without force or coercion. In 2007, then-president Hu Jintao told the Communist Party the country needed to inc ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
When a US Navy P8-A surveillance aircraft recently flew near Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, it was warned eight times by the Chinese Navy to leave the area. Foreign Mi ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
Last month, the Netherlands hosted the Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015, which brought together nearly 2,000 government officials, academics, industry representatives and others. I chaired a panel ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
At the World Economic Forum’s recent annual meeting in Davos, I participated in a panel of defense leaders to discuss the future of the military. The issue we addressed is a critical one: What kind of ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
Some analysts believe that 2014 ushered in a new era of Cold War-style geopolitics. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea were met with heavy economic sanctio ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-13
The World Bank recently announced that China’s economy will surpass that of the United States this year, measured according to purchasing power parity (PPP). But this is far from a holistic depiction ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-07
