Iraq is a nation in crisis bordering on civil war in 2014.

More than a decade after 9/11, Western forces in Afghanistan are drawing down and the ability of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to secure their country remains uncertain.

Air pollution in China has turned into a major social problem and its mitigation has become a crucial political challenge for the country’s political leadership. Last year,...

The Korea Chair team takes a biweekly look back at events of interest in Washington, Seoul, and the region from May 14 - May 28, 2014.

TRADE AND ECONOMICS | President Park Visits UAE Nuclear Reactor
On May 20,...

U.S. commerce secretary Penny Pritzker will travel to Vietnam, the Philippines, and Myanmar with American chief executive officers in early June.

Last week’s attack on and seizure of Mosul (Iraq’s second largest city) by armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), an extreme jihadist group, represents a major expansion of the group’s previously held control of areas near the...

Since the “Last Supper” in 1993 and the resulting industrial base consolidation, there has been alarm regarding the long-term health of the industrial base supporting the U.S. Air Force and the broader aerospace market. Whereas the Department of Defense (DoD)...