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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…

Defense & SecurityAfrica, Middle East, Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa and the Middle East

GSR Staff

Virtually all of the region's tendencies are going in the wrong direction. Continuing conflict and lack of political and economic reform threaten poverty reduction, the area's one last bright spot. …

Defense & SecurityBrazil, Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, South America, United States, Venezuela

Central and South America

Joshua Ball

Populism and dissent spread across Latin America. Leftist governments have been kicked out in Argentina, Peru, and Guatemala. Venezuela’s left-wing populist government is stripping the country of its democratic institutions…

Defense & SecurityChina, United States

U.S. Intelligence: Expect More Overseas Chinese Military Bases

Joshua Ball

China has world’s fastest-modernizing military after the United States. China's first overseas army base in a small Africans nation of Djibouti is most likely the first of many that China…

Defense & SecurityBelarus, China, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, United States, Zapad-2017

North Korea Crisis Reveals Fractures in the China-Russia Strategic Partnership

Joshua Ball

In recent months, the Chinese government has been repeatedly criticized by North Korean state media. Particularly surprising to Beijing was a reference to China as the “Chinese mainland,” in differentiating it from…

Defense & SecurityBelarus, Russia, Ukraine, United States

How to Justify an Invasion: Russia’s FSB Accused of False-Flag Terrorist Attacks in Ukraine

Joshua Ball

The Head of Ukraine's SBU Security Service accused Russia's FSB of committing false-flag terrorist attacks to justify a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In a rare televised interview on September 3rd,…

Defense & SecurityBhutan, China, Doklam Plateau, India, Japan, Nepal, North Korea

Asian Hegemony: Ongoing Tensions Between China and India

Joshua Ball

The border standoff between China and India has ended, but the rising Asian powers remain locked in a long-term rivalry for regional hegemony. There seems to have been a de-escalation between…

Defense & SecurityBelarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, Poland, Russia, Sweden, United States

Could Russia Attempt a Crimea-Style Operation Against Belarus?

Joshua Ball

As tensions mount in Moscow's standoff with the West, the upcoming Zapad military exercises likely will be larger and more important than ever before. Russia's annual strategic "Zapad" (запад; Russian…