August 27, 2017

Is Kim Jong-un Crazy? No More than Dr. Strangelove

When North Korea’s military publicly announced plans for a mid-August launch of four intermediate ballistic missiles near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, President Donald Trump quickly responded. He famously told reporters that “...

February 11, 2016

A Presidential Election in the Year of the Monkey

For political pundits surprised that the 2016 election is not a traditional dynastic clash between the Bushes and the Clintons, the Chinese zodiac may provide an answer.  The arrival of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey on February 8 may explain ...

November 21, 2015

America's Potential Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Supporters of free speech and basic civility throughout the world watched in horror for a decade as Chinese university campuses descended into violent chaos during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Respected professors were shouted down, sub...

October 5, 2015

On trial for treason for an online posting

The trial of an opposition senator accused of “treason” by Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen opened October 2 with a denial of a request for bail based on medical considerations.  Senator Hong Sok Hour became embroiled this summer in ...

February 24, 2015

Rand Paul and Isolationist Ghosts in the Republican Party

Allies in Asia have commented on background that they prefer Republican to Democratic administrations for national security reasons.  Certainly the tepid foreign policy of the Obama Administration has done little to mitigate these views. Given t...