North Korea: Breaking geopolitical deadlock

Current international policy vectors toward North Korea have largely failed to curtail North Korea’s WMD programs and change its policies. As Pyongyang prepares for a possible sixth nuclear test, it’s clear a new approach is called for. This year North Korea has conducted two nuclear tests and…
What ISIS Leaves Behind in Mosul Will Reveal a Lot

Did the bureaucrats of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) keep careful records? Did they flee Mosul too quickly to destroy the written record of their occupation? Do they care if the world learns more about their atrocities, which they publicized themselves? The capture of Mosul, Iraq, may p…