Contents
Rebuilding Trust, Domestic Renewal and U.S. Foreign Policy
1: Global supply chains and U.S. national security
Existing supply chain strategic vulnerability
2: The future of Persian Gulf security
The Gulf today: regional dynamics
The U.S. role in the Gulf: retrospect and prospect
3: Brexit: taking stock and looking ahead
Europe at the center of British politics
The results and their aftermath
4: The coldest war: toward a return to Great Power competition in the Arctic?
A rapidly transforming region attracts new interests
What are U.S. interests in the Arctic?
U.S. foreign policy in the Arctic
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
Current issues defining the China-Africa relationship
Future issues in the China-Africa relationship
South Korea’s Candlelight Movement President
Covid-19 and the Korean response
The revival and decline of inter-Korean summitry
New challenges for the U.S.-South Korea alliance under unorthodox political leadership
7: The World Health Organization’s response to Covid-19
How Did We Get Here? WHO, SARS, and the IHR
What has WHO done well and what could it have done differently? The Covid-19 response
Where do we go from here? WHO reform
Globalization over the centuries
The economic situation at the end of the war
Skepticism about trade and globalization
Topic 1. Global Supply Chains and National Security
Topic 2. Persian Gulf Security
Topic 4. Struggles over the Melting Arctic