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Defense & SecurityAsia, China, Russia, United States

Termination of INF Treaty Could Spark Arms Race in Asia

Pranay Kumar Shome

By terminating of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a key Cold War-era arms control pact, the United States and Russia have reignited the risk of a global arms race. On…

Defense & SecurityEuropean Union, France, Germany, Iran, United Kingdom, United States

Diverging Interests in Iran Behind Germany’s Rejection of U.S. Maritime Security Mission

Trivun Sharma

During a trip to Poland on July 31st, 2019, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated that “Germany will not take part in the sea mission presented and planned by the United…

Defense & SecurityEurope, Terrorism, United Kingdom

Britain’s Changing Security Perceptions

Musa Khan Jalalzai

The United Kingdom's national security challenges are amplifying by the day. Existing security measures and strategies are incapable of combating the hydra of extremism, foreign espionage, international terrorism, and serious…

Defense & SecurityEuropean Union, National Security, Terrorism, United Kingdom

The Shifting Dynamics of Britain’s National Security Threats

Musa Khan Jalalzai

With the advent of the twenty-first century came differing classifications of national security threats and a shifting order of strategic preeminence. The risk of extremism and consistent alienation of citizens…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, India, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

Frenemies: Prospects and Challenges for the Military Integration of the Taliban into the Afghan Security Forces

Tamim Asey

With a potential peace settlement on the horizon, much will depend on the prospects and challenges for the integration of Taliban battlefield commanders and fighters into the ranks of the…

Defense & SecurityCommunism, Philippines, Terrorism

CPP-NPA and the Duterte Administration: Realpolitik in Insurgency and Terrorism

Maria Kristina Decena Siuagan & Jumel Gabilan Estrañero

For the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the National People's Army, strategic positioning is key to spreading influence from the organization's core to the grassroots level.…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, United States

Economizing Defense: A Roadmap for Building Sustainable Afghan Security Forces

Tamim Asey

Back in 2004, when Afghan and American generals were laying the foundations for the post-Taliban Afghan army and security forces the number one question in the minds of everybody around…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

The Taliban Peace Calculus

Tamim Asey

For the Taliban, the ongoing peace talks are a quest for political legitimacy and a political tactic—not a strategy—to end the war in Afghanistan. The Taliban consider direct negotiations with…

Defense & SecurityPhilippines, Southeast Asia, Terrorism

Defeating the Philippine’s Communist Rebellion

Jumel Gabilan Estrañero

CPP-NPA and the Duterte Administration: Post-Activism, Insurgency, and Terrorism Five decades of insurgency and terrorism in the Philippines has presented a socio-political dilemma for both the government and the general…

Defense & SecurityChina, East Asia, Japan, Taiwan, United States

The New Taiwan Strait Crisis: a Dangerous Decade Ahead

Foreign Brief

Foreign Brief analysis by Tommy Chai (May 31, 2019) What's Happening?China’s military expansion is occurring at a time when Taiwan is becoming more resistant to cross-strait reunification, and the U.S.…

Defense & SecurityFrance, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Haftar Ante Portas Tripoli

Nico Lamminparras

After a relatively easy advance through the southern and central parts of Libya, the country's renegade general now has the capital in his sights.Up until the Libyan National Army (LNA)…

Defense & SecurityDisinformation, Europe, European Union, France, Georgia, Germany, NATO, Russia, United States

How Russia’s Disinformation Campaigns are Succeeding in Europe

Gabriella Gricius

Russian disinformation campaigns continue to increase, and increasingly seems to be part of a coordinated campaign to overwhelm democracies. In 2017, Catalonia held an illegal referendum on independence from Spain, despite…