This article was written by my friend Kelsey Hartigan.

Facing problems like a defiant Iran that is now resolving to construct an additional 10 enrichment plants, a nuclear North Korea, and an uncooperative Syria, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a difficult path ahead of it. The former...

In the last few weeks, most of the reporting on the president's updated plan for Afghanistan has often been, in my view, simplistic (the number of new troops) or silly (how often does Obama speak to McChrystal?). The first of these questions, while certainly relevant, is far from the only...

How will the changing climate affect global security? The New York Times recently took a look at this question, sparking some debate about whether the two issues ought to be linked. According to the NYT:

The National Intelligence Council, which produces government-wide intelligence analyses, finished the first...

Co-authored by my colleague Max Kelly.

In early April an editorial in a major Pakistani newspaper, the Daily Times, expressed a decidedly un-orthodox view about drone attacks. The editors opined:

Since the media in Pakistan is formally against the drone attacks, efforts were made on several TV channels...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently concluded her first trip abroad, where she visited Japan, South Korea, China, and Indonesia. Going into the trip, she stated that human rights would be on the agenda with China:

"Human rights is a part of our agenda with the Chinese, as...

The collision of two satellites on Tuesday was the first of its kind. Questions immediately swirled: how did this happen? Who was at fault? And what will the consequences be?

The satellites were orbiting at about 790 km above the Earth. Objects at that altitude travel at about 7.5...

Does China manipulate its currency? This question has been the subject of some debate over the past decade. In his responses to Questions for the Record (.pdf), Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner stated that:

President Obama - backed by the conclusions of a broad range of economists - believes...

After the terrorist attacks on Mumbai on November 26, 2008, tensions between India and Pakistan were ratcheted up almost instantly. While the involvement of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is based at least partially in Pakistan, was established relatively early on, the involvement of the Pakistani government, its...

The news today out of Russia was that a solution to the problem has been reached. There's an argument to be made, however, that this is just a superficial and/or temporary fix.

This is a good explanation of the root of the problem:

Ukraine used to...