[OPINION] Vietnam is a Battleground – for Commerce and Investment

KENOSHA -- Last month after the G20 (Group of 20) meeting in India, President Joe Biden stopped in Hanoi to sign a historic agreement making the United States a top-level strategic

October 4, 2023

[OPINION] "The Complex French Connection"

KENOSHA -- On September 21, in a magnificent military ceremony, General Thierry Burkhard, Chief of the Defense Staff of France, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in W

September 27, 2023

[OPINION] ​Ukraine and the growing weariness in the Western support

KARACHI -- Ukrainian President Zelensky's recent visit to the United States, the United Nations, and Canada yielded positive results, as he successfully secured crucial military and financial support for Ukraine. Yet, amid thi

September 25, 2023

[OPINION] The G20 Gathers Again

KENOSHA -- The Group of Twenty (G20), a forum of nineteen industrialized nations plus the European Union, has met this month at the Bahrat Mandapam conference center in New Delhi

September 20, 2023

[OPINION] September 11, 2001

KENOSHA -- The anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and in the skies o

September 13, 2023

[COLUMN] Can North Korea give us a reason to live?

SEOUL -- At dinner once with two journalists and two diplomats, I had a bet on when Korea might re-unify. That was back in 1990. Before that time, reunification seemed like a fantasy. The energy in South Korea did not go into thinking about unification, let alone preparing for, but rather into criticizing communism. But when the Berlin Wall fell, Germany reunited, and th

September 12, 2023

[OPINION] The G20 summit finds a mixed note

Karachi -- In the realm of cold, hard facts, the G20 summit, while not without its merits such as the inclusion of the African Union (AU), has, regrettably, left much to be desired. This gathering, when assessed in the context o

September 12, 2023

[OPINION] Disruption and Instability Grow in Africa

KENOSHA -- The leader of Gabon in Africa, Ali Bongo, has been overthrown in a sudden military coup on August 30, right after he was declared the winner in a contested presidenti

September 8, 2023

[OPINION] ​Japan and South Korea Reach Important Accord

SEOUL -- On August 18, Prime Ministers Fumio Kishida of Japan and Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea met with President Joe Biden at Camp David to complete a historic accord. The thre

August 31, 2023

[OPINION] Some promising events regarding Iran

KENOSHA -- On August 10, Iran released four Americans held in a notorious Tehran prison. They joined a fifth in less restrictive house arrest, with the understanding all will le

August 17, 2023