Today I attended an event on Digital Diplomacy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Given my skepticism of many digital diplomacy efforts, I was pleased to come out of the event with impression that there is a general understanding of the limits of digital efforts.

As nations race to open the Arctic up to energy exploration, there’s one easy fix that can help our international standing among our Arctic neighbors: ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty.

NATO’s upcoming summit in Chicago on May 20-21, has been much publicized as the organization’s last chance to remain relevant amidst shifting economic and security climates.

There is word of another attempt to revise the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, which restricts the dissemination of material intended for foreign audiences within the United States.

ASP ICYMI – LOTS, Yemen, Greek exit costs, Iran, NATO

emeni forces, under the direction of US forces, opened a four-front offensive against al-Qaeda strongholds in the south of the nation. Though it has long been known that the US has been maintaining significant air and naval capabilities in the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa, the operation marked the first time US forces have directed a military operation carried out by Yemeni forces.