Turkey Uses Medieval Score-Settling to Justify Its Hagia Sophia Conversion
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…
COVID-19 Will Accelerate Consolidation of Great Power Spheres of Influence
With the fall of the Soviet Union, the entire world fell within a de-facto American sphere of influence. With the…
COVID-19: Diplomatic Obstruction or Opportunity?
As the pandemic novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads globally, diplomatic relations among countries have…
What’s Next for the United States’ Iran Strategy?
After the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, the United States severed diplomatic ties with Iran and…
Does the U.S.-Taliban Deal Devalue American Sacrifices and Betray the…
Long-deferred political efforts to put an end to the protracted war in Afghanistan gained new life in 2018.
The…
A Global Recession Will Fuel Cyber-Espionage
Over the past several years, many economists (for a variety of reasons) have predicted a global recession in 2020.…
U.S. Isolationism in an Era of CCP Dependency
Between September 2019 and January 2020, the world saw two potentially destabilizing external shocks: the first…
COVID-19 Sparks a Wave of Racism in Iran
After Kianush Jahanpur, Iran’s health ministry spokesman called the Chinese COVID-19 figures a “joke,” there was an…
COVID-19: Crisis or Strategic Opportunity for China?
As the world continues its battle with COVID-19, new questions are emerging about how the virus could reshape the…
Social Media’s Role in Disaster Preparedness & Crisis…
There were over 4.5 billion active internet users around the world as of January 2020—roughly 60 percent of the…
Russia’s Renewed Energy Dominance in Europe
Although the hype surrounding the recent launch of the TurkStream pipeline and the in-progress Nord Stream 2 would…