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Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador came to power looking to redefine the Mexican people’s relationship with their government. His first act was an overhaul of the country’s intelligence service. But against a backdrop of growing domestic and international security challenges, the reform is beginning to look like a missed opportunity.
As cities grow in size and in political influence, city diplomacy is quickly becoming an important element of international diplomacy. The Pact of Free Cities signed by the mayors of Prague, Bratislava, Budapest, and Warsaw in December 2019 is the latest example of this trend.
Emerging renewable energy geopolitical frameworks are defined by relations to fossil fuel geopolitics. Novel frameworks could divorce the energy economy from its association with international conflict, financial crises, and political instability.
In light of the recent attack by a Saudi air force pilot at an American naval air base, it is crucial to reinvestigate the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia. Although President Trump placed no blame on the Saudi regime for this possible terrorist act, the three American lives that were taken as a result may be the catalyst for change in the nature of U.S.-Saudi relations.
Algeria is preparing for presidential elections on 12 December in a context of acute political crisis. The nature of the anti-government protest movement suggests the crisis can only be resolved through long-term change.
Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari is Pakistan’s Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development. Appointed in September 2018, he has maintained close ties with Prime Minister Imran Khan and has been an active cabinet member since first joining the PTI party. A British-Pakistani, he has supported a number of social and charitable causes in Pakistan and in the UK. On 17 Sept 2019, the Journal had a chance to sit down with him and talk about his role as SAPM as well as a number of policy issues in Pakistan.
Every U.S. President in recent decades has had to respond to at least one pandemic disease. Political leadership has proven decisive. In the coming years, U.S. foreign policy will face at least three inter-related issues: today’s major pandemics of AIDS, TB, and Malaria; future outbreaks with the potential to become pandemics; and rising risk from infectious diseases associated with climate change. A review of epidemiologic data shows global progress on each issue is threatened. A coordinated U.S. effort, across agencies and engaged with national and multilateral partners, could save lives and…
In recent years, China and Russia have been jointly engaging in military adventures in the Pacific. Their military adventurism is aimed particularly at Japan and South Korea, two major U.S. allies in the region. Japan and South Korea, in response, have been preparing their respective militaries in order to thwart such military adventurism.