If history has taught us anything beyond that conflict is inevitable, it’s that wars often prove self-correcting. In other words, a particular war can be so devastating that the pendulum then necessarily swings in the direction of peace and non-intervention. ...
2008: Financial Armageddon For years, America’s financial sector was thriving. Low interest rates and stable growth had many Americans feeling optimistic about the state of the economy. Before 2008, deregulation allowed for investment banks to make risky investments with stockholder ...
In a historic turn of events, a country decided to vote against peace this October. A people tired and plagued by the longest-lasting armed insurgence in Latin America, when kindly offered the option to end what has been the greatest ...
Alma Velazquez The disheartening outcome of the Colombian plebiscite is another example of a common negotiation pitfall: two-level games. Ending Colombia’s century-long conflict with the FARC may involve mostly domestic players, but it is expected to please both an opposition ...
Welcome, listeners, to Geopolitik with Jack Anderson and Luke Phillips, a Glimpse From the Globe original podcast airing this Fall, 2016. Over the course of the semester we’ll discuss the geopolitics—the complex interaction and process of geography, ecology, climate, demography, political institutions, ...
Policy Pear President Lina Abisoghomyan and Glimpse From the Globe Senior Correspondent Luke Phillips sat down to discuss overarching American grand strategy in the War on Terror, referencing “Bringing and End to the Forever War” at War On the Rocks. ...
In a well-researched article, Glimpse Staff Correspondent Katya Lopatko examines the nationalist movements bubbling up on both sides of the Atlantic, represented best by Donald Trump, Brexit and the far-right parties gaining a following across Europe. Without making any particularly ...
The Middle Kingdom Returns A great deal of fuss has been made recently about China’s foreign policy activities. Its economic shifts, naval activity and foreign investments have all received extensive coverage worldwide. However, the real focus should be on China’s ...
In describing the history of Korea’s foreign relations, there is an appropriate phrase: “Between a fight of whales, the shrimp is crushed.” While the Korean peninsula’s relative geographic isolation has protected its peoples’ ancient, independent streak, every few centuries the ...
Earlier in 2016, Glimpse Senior Correspondents Kshitij Kumar and Luke Phillips sat down with former Bush Administration CIA official Cofer Black. Black, a graduate of USC, served in the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations for 28 years, primarily in ...