Author: Leon Havana

The first clear picture from Myanmar’s latest election is ugly, predictable, and dangerous. Early tallies show the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party comfortably in […]

This piece is not about defending the Chinese Communist Party, modern Chinese politics, or pretending China is some benevolent force acting out of kindness. It […]

The hypocrisy of the West has never been more glaring. Western European countries like France, Germany, the UK and Norway suddenly care about Greenland. They […]

The removal of Nicolás Maduro by United States forces marks one of the most overt acts of imperial intervention in the Americas since the end […]

What began as a minor border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has escalated into something far more dangerous. The rhetoric out of Bangkok has shifted […]

The Cambodian-Thai border crisis has exposed a stark truth about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: despite decades of diplomatic posturing, grand summits, and declarations […]

The 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Thailand were supposed to be a celebration of sport, regional unity, and ASEAN cooperation. Instead, the event descended into […]

The Kosovo precedent of 2008 continues to shape international behavior in ways most Western policymakers refuse to admit. When NATO recognized Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of […]

It has been one year since Bashar al-Assad was removed from power in Syria, an event celebrated in Western capitals as a triumph for democracy […]

Whenever Donald Trump speaks, much of the world reflexively rejects him because of who he is rather than what he says. But sometimes the man […]