Archive for June 2018
The United States Is Being Played
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu American power is dissipating. Matthew Edwin Carpenter explains why. Part of it is intentional from the American side: President Trump is deliberately removing the U.S. from the centerpiece of a multilateral alliance structure. Withdrawing from TPP, the Paris…
Read MoreYPFP Brussels Vacancy: Security and Defence Officer
Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) Brussels is currently looking to recruit a voluntary Security and Defence (SecDef) Officer. The successful candidate will work under the direct management of the Director of Security and Defence to plan, organise and moderate YPFP Brussels events. We are looking for someone with a strong and demonstrable interest in foreign…
Read MoreUS Foreign Investment Review Process Needs to Reform, But Not Target China
This article was originally posted in Political Insights. By Christian Honeywood and John M. Zindar From hyper-high tariffs to new extreme scrutiny for visa-seeking Chinese, the White House, with growing support in Congress, is taking a sledgehammer to transpacific commerce. Christian Honeywood and John Zindar write that singling out China again in new foreign investment…
Read More