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Defense & SecurityChina, European Union, Iran, Japan, Military Strategy, North Korea, Russia, United States

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Modernization

Ankit Panda

U.S. strategic and tactical nuclear weapons on land, in the air, and at sea, will undergo costly and extensive modernization in the coming years. U.S. nuclear forces, operated by the…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, China, India, Pakistan

Disaster in South Asia: Nuclear Deployments & Violent Extremism

GSR Staff

Nuclear proliferation is dangerous for long-term Indian national security any way you look at it. At-sea deployments of nuclear weapons by India, Pakistan, and perhaps China, would increasingly nuclearize the Indian…

Defense & SecurityBrazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey

Acheiving Sustainable Economic Growth in the E7

Joshua Ball

The gap between the developed world and the developing world is closing—fast. India's GDP trajectory over the next 34 years is distinctly separate from its GDP per capita progression, demonstrating…

Defense & SecurityJapan, North Korea, South Korea, United States

U.S. Deploys Three Carrier Strike Groups to Korean Peninsula

Joshua Ball

By deploying three carrier strike groups in the region, the U.S. will enhance its force projection capabilities in and around North Korea. North Korea remains committed to obtaining a credible…

Defense & SecurityIran, Iraq, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United States

What to Watch For in Post-ISIS Iraq and Syria

Zachary Laub

As the campaigns to wrest the Islamic State from the territory it held in Iraq and Syria near completion, new conflicts may arise if old political arrangements prevail. The self-proclaimed…

Defense & SecurityChina, Energy, European Union, Foreign Policy, France, International Security, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northern Africa, Oil, OPEC, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United States

Converging Economic and Demographic Trends Threaten Security in the Middle East and North Africa

Joshua Ball

With oil prices unlikely to recover to levels of the petroleum boom governments may have to limit cash payments and subsidies. In the meantime, social networks have provided new tools…

Defense & SecurityBangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, United States

South Asia: India and Pakistan

Joshua Ball

Nuclear deployment requirements for naval-based delivery vehicles remove a safety valve that, until now, has kept atomic weapons stored separately from missiles in South Asia. At-sea deployments of nuclear weapons…

Defense & SecurityBhutan, China, India

India-China Dispute on the Doklam Plateau

Joshua Ball

The border dispute between China, India, and Bhutan on the Doklam Plateau carries on to be unresolved and seems to be escalating. India has ignored China's August 19 deadline for…

Defense & SecurityBrazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa, United States

The Assertions of Rising and Declining World Powers

Joshua Ball

Expect increasing assertiveness from Beijing and Moscow as both governments seek to lock in competitive advantages. Beijing and Moscow will seek to lock in competitive advantages and also to right…

Defense & SecurityEgypt, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United States

Increased Sectarian Tensions in the Middle East as the Saudi-Iran Proxy War Heats Up

Joshua Ball

Security concerns in Saudi Arabia are on the rise. Tensions are increasing between the Shia-minority and the Kingdom's Sunni ruling class in the aftermath of the execution of Shiite cleric…

Defense & SecurityForeign Policy, Russia, United States

The Subtext of Secretary Mattis’ Mysterious Memo

Joshua Ball

After a cryptic department-wide memo some are asking if Secretary James Mattis is trying to send a message. Early in August and without pretext, Secretary of Defense James Mattis circulated…

Defense & SecurityAmericas, Brazil, China, Colombia, Hezbollah, International Security, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Venezuela

How Likely is a Civil War in Venezuela?

Joshua Ball

The worst-case scenario for Venezuela: Prolonged economic crisis and food shortages, coupled with rapidly escalating violence and unchecked arms proliferation could lead to a civil war If there isn’t any…