David Raikow
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Sep 21, 2026
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Taiwan’s Status Is Ambiguous. U.S. Policy Shouldn’t Be. (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. For generations, significant elements of international policy have turned on a concerted global effort to ignore an obvious truth: that Taiwan’s legal status is ambiguous. Beijing is adamant that it is sovereign over the island. Taipei is adamant that it is not. Domestic political pressures prevent either from allowing any appearance of giving any ground. Neither is able to unilaterally impose its view on the other; even a “successful” invasion of Taiwa
The Slow Death of the Global Commons (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. On Oct. 31, 1803, the frigate USS Philadelphia hit a reef and ran aground chasing Barbary pirates near Tripoli, Libya. All 307 members of its crew were captured and held hostage by the Barbary states. Rather than pay tribute to the pirates, U.S. President Thomas Jefferson sent U.S. frigates to intervene and free the hostages. The first of two wars against the Barbary pirates, the scourge of shipping for decades, hastened the building of the U.S. Navy an
The Slow Death of the Global Commons (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. On Oct. 31, 1803, the frigate USS Philadelphia hit a reef and ran aground chasing Barbary pirates near Tripoli, Libya. All 307 members of its crew were captured and held hostage by the Barbary states. Rather than pay tribute to the pirates, U.S. President Thomas Jefferson sent U.S. frigates to intervene and free the hostages. The first of two wars against the Barbary pirates, the scourge of shipping for decades, hastened the building of the U.S. Navy an
The U.S. and Iran Signed a Memorandum of Misunderstanding (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. The White House blew up the Hormuz cease-fire agreement because it didn’t understand—or didn’t care—what it had agreed to. The results will cast a long shadow over the strait. When it comes to peace and cease-fire agreements, details matter. This applies to any international agreement, of course, but when armed conflict is involved, the lack of trust or goodwill between the parties allows for almost no room for error or imprecision. Even if never brough
The U.S. and Iran Signed a Memorandum of Misunderstanding (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. The White House blew up the Hormuz cease-fire agreement because it didn’t understand—or didn’t care—what it had agreed to. The results will cast a long shadow over the strait. When it comes to peace and cease-fire agreements, details matter. This applies to any international agreement, of course, but when armed conflict is involved, the lack of trust or goodwill between the parties allows for almost no room for error or imprecision. Even if never brough
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