The Revolt of the Admirals: The Perspective of the General Board
This article has been adapted from Chapter 9 of the author's larger work on the General Board, America's First…
Understanding Information Operations & Information Warfare
This article was originally published on January 7, 2019.
The concept of information operations (IO) has entered…
Arctic Great Power Competition: The United States, Russia and China
As the Arctic grows warmer, so too does the potential for great power competition amongst the United States, China,…
An Interim Government Could Cause Chaos in Afghanistan
Speculation over the formation of an interim administration with a new political roadmap for Afghanistan is nothing…
The Sun Never Sets on Postwar America
Stephen Wertheim, Tomorrow The World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy, Belknap Press Press, 2020.
“And what,…
Déjà Vu: Hacked Again
This is getting old. Yet again, Russian-backed agents have hacked the United States.
The United States can only…
Turkey’s Faltering Democracy and Western Interests
In mid-November, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. Although…
Cyber World War: The People’s Republic of China, Anti-American…
"O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you, we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we…
Russian Ambitions in the Arctic: What to Expect
Over the past few years, the Arctic has become an arena growing in prominence both for its potential as a…
COVID-19 and the Increasing Risk of Terrorism
There is no doubt that the global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of life. From how we interact…
Turkey Uses Medieval Score-Settling to Justify Its Hagia Sophia…
Europe is now home to one of the world’s strangest paradoxes. The continent’s most prominent mosque, the Great…
Africa’s (Modern) Slavery Problem
From rubies in Mozambique to emeralds in Zambia, opals in Australia, and Jade in Myanmar, the mining industry is…