Laurence Claussen
Twelve Years of Change in the Middle East
Recently, I’ve wanted to write a piece about the Middle East. But what to write about? What country should I focus on? And even if I...
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Laurence Claussen
Sep 4, 202211 min read
The past is never dead. It's not even past. Russian Nationalism and Ukraine.
In 2018, Serhii Plokhy, Professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard, published Lost Kingdom, an intellectual and cultural history of...
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Laurence Claussen
Jun 25, 20226 min read
Indifference and Ignorance: The West's Latin America Policy
EARLIER THIS MONTH, the Summit of the Americas took place, hosted by President Biden in Los Angeles. I heard about it through a headline...
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Laurence Claussen
May 20, 20224 min read
Why Russia's invasion is driving the world apart...and pushing it back in time
Last summer, I wrote about how both the United States and China were pushing for autarky (self-sufficiency), trying to uncouple their...
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Laurence Claussen
Jan 29, 20224 min read
Geopolitical empathy: Ukraine's final lesson?
About a month and a half ago, I wrote an article on the crisis in Ukraine. The point of that piece was to sum-up the main lessons of the...
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Laurence Claussen
Jan 22, 20224 min read
Chinese Diplomacy: Wolf Warriors and Debt Traps
Every age has its boogeyman, the existential threat to which all paranoia returns. For a long time in the West, this was the USSR. Then...
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Laurence Claussen
Dec 17, 20215 min read
Ukraine's Crisis: What it teaches and why it matters
Once again, there is crisis in Ukraine. Russia, that perennial malcontent, has been steadily augmenting its military forces near the...
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Laurence Claussen
Nov 12, 20214 min read
COP26: What is the value of a global promise?
For the last two weeks, the COP26 conference has dominated headlines. This is unsurprising, as the conference had been hyped for more...
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Laurence Claussen
Sep 24, 20214 min read
Nuclear Submarines and Other Stuff
On September 15th, a new strategic and technological pact was agreed between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The...
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Laurence Claussen
Sep 10, 20214 min read
The New Atlantic Charter: Part Three
In this piece, the last of my three-part series on the 2021 Atlantic Charter, I will discuss the issue of success. Did the original, 1941...
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Laurence Claussen
Sep 3, 20214 min read
Africa to Afghanistan: Assistance or Insistence?
As effective COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the early months of 2021, the vaccine rollouts of various countries and regions...
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Laurence Claussen
Aug 20, 20215 min read
Come Back, Shane? A Return to Afghanistan
This week, it seems inappropriate to write about anything other than Afghanistan. The events surrounding the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul...
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Laurence Claussen
Aug 6, 20215 min read
The New Atlantic Charter: Part Two
In my first article about the 2021 Atlantic Charter, I wrote about the extent to which it is a symbolic document. In particular, I wanted...
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Laurence Claussen
Jul 16, 20214 min read
The New Atlantic Charter: Part One
The United States, represented by Joe Biden, and the United Kingdom, represented by Boris Johnson, agreed to a renewed Atlantic Charter...
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Laurence Claussen
Jun 25, 20214 min read
China, America, and the Dangerous Path to Autarky
International high tech innovation was once a project characterized by optimism and a belief in the possibility of mutual gain. This was...
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Laurence Claussen
May 8, 20213 min read
Will Diplomacy go Digital?
Diplomacy is increasingly moving online. More specifically, summits and high-level negotiations between states and their representatives...
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