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 In an increasingly complex global system, the diverse range of issues confronting the world’s governments and their citizens grows daily, spanning diplomatic and military to economic and cultural problems. The Front Page publishes timely analysis and commentary from academics and policymakers on these issues. If you are interested in contributing an article, please visit our submissions page for further detail. 
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 13, 2013 Image: U.S. Department of State Strategic distrust crossed with economic opportunity begets friction, as the infamous love-hate relationship between Washington and Beijing shows. As China’s influence in world affairs has grown, the U.S. [...] Continue reading Three Reasons Why China May Prove More Agreeable in the Near Future by Isaac Medina 
The presidents of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru met on 6 June 2012 at ESO’s Paranal Observatory for the fourth Summit of the Pacific Alliance. Image: ESO With a stroke of a pen at the Chile’s Paranal Observatory, the presidents of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru formally launched the Pacific Alliance (“Alianza [...] Continue reading The Pacific Alliance: A Promising Yardstick of Latin America’s Prosperity by Robert Valencia 
Secretary Kerry tours exhibits of energy and environmental projects by U.S. and Chinese companies. Image: State Department Secretary of State John Kerry made his first official visit to China on April 13th. Though this was only a one-day stay after his ten-day visit to the Middle East and Europe and was largely [...] Continue reading Kerry’s First Visit to China: Interpreting North Korea Solicitation as a Softening China Strategy by Amelia Huang 
Two Fridays ago, both Seoul and Washington extended an olive branch to Kim Jŏng-ŭn. During Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with his South Korean counter-part, Yun Byung-se on April 12th, Secretary Kerry expressed his desire to “get to talks. Our preference would be, through these Six-Party or through bilateral means, [to] get [...]
Continue reading How the United States Can Defuse the Korean Crisis Diplomatically by Jeong Lee 
Crowds at a recent rally in Caracas for one of Venezuela's leading presidential candidates. Image: Luis Carlos Díaz A month after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, the future of Venezuela will once again be defined on April 14, as Venezuelans have the option to vote for any of the seven [...] Continue reading Chávez and Vitriolic Rhetoric Still Prevail in Venezuela’s Elections by Robert Valencia 
Pro PKK demonstration in Paris earlier this year. Image: Chris Sang-hwan Jung At the end of March, the head of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire in the conflict with Turkey and urged the PKK fighters to withdraw from Turkey. The PKK is a Kurdish nationalist group [...] Continue reading Potential for Peace: Turkey and the PKK by Kat Alexeeff 
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Image: Friends of Europe On March 16, China’s new Premier, Li Keqiang, held his debut press conference, revealing what the nature of his tenure could become while leaving many questions unanswered. A confident and humorous politician, he impressed the public by introducing a domestic reform plan and a realistic [...] Continue reading Will China’s New Premier Be as Good a Leader as He is a Speaker? by Amelia Huang 
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Image: UK Government More than halfway through the current UK coalition government’s mandate, it is safe to say that the government’s foreign policy is projecting the Conservatives perspective with an overwhelming absence of the Liberal Democrats’ views, especially with regards to relations with the EU. Overall, [...] Continue reading UK Foreign Policy: Where did the Liberal Democrats go? by Younes El Ghazi 
The President of South Korea Park Geun-hye addresses the audience at her inauguration. Image: Korean Culture and Information Service In the last few months, North Korea has dominated much of the news about the Korean peninsula. With a successful satellite launch and nuclear weapons test behind it, the regime in Pyongyang has [...] Continue reading Why the Economy and Not North Korea Will Be Park Geun-hye’s Biggest Challenge by Troy Stangarone 
Nighttime shelling by US forces hits Saddam Hussein's riverside palaces in central Baghdad during the 2003 invasion. Image: Mike Moore Ten years after the United States invaded Iraq, nearly sixty percent of Americans now believe that the Iraq War was not worth fighting since it did not “enhance U.S. security.” However, the [...] Continue reading What Ethical Lessons Can America Learn From the Iraq War? by Jeong Lee |
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