On Monday, the Secretary – General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon began talks with the representatives of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities with the intention of brokering an agreement that would end the de-facto partition of the island that has existed since 1974....
Today Sri Lankans will go to the polls – a full two years ahead of scheduled elections – to reaffirm their confidence in their current president or throw him out and pick a new one. President Mahinda Rajapaksa hedged his reelection prospects on his popularity from the...
When Northern Ireland reached a peace agreement in 1998 many hoped that would be the end of a long and bloody conflict. For many Americans, Northern Ireland has been largely absent from their radar since the Good Friday Agreement was signed. And yet, events in 2009 have called that peace...
While high-level game theory is not for the faint of heart, or math-impaired, many of its basic principles are useful for understanding the real world of international relations. At its essence, game theory is merely a simplified model of a two-person interaction in a strategic...
