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Archive, Government & Politicsaccountability, Albania, anti-corruption, B40 Balkan Cities Network, Balkans, Blagomir Kotsev, conflict-affected communities., democratic governance, democratic liberties, democratic principles, DOJ, Ekrem İmamoğlu, elected officials, equality of arms, Erion Veliaj, EU accession, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, governance dilemma, human rights monitoring, ICITAP, INL, Istanbul mayor, judicial reform, local democracy, minority protection, muscular prosecution, OPDAT, pretrial detention, procedural fairness, procedural safeguards, rule of law, SPAK, Special Structure against Corruption and Organized Crime, U.S. State Department, United Nations, USAID, Varna mayor, Venice Commission

Can the Balkans Fight Corruption Without Weakening Due Process?

Luka Petrović0 Comments

Published: April 13, 2026 Judicial reform for many post-socialist countries is an ongoing process. The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 saw several Eastern European states embark on a…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesaccountability, Afghanistan, counterterrorism, deliverability, economic resources, Foreign Policy, geopolitical alignment, India, internal stability, International Security, multilateral channels, nuclear issues, Pakistan, regional coordination, regionalism, risk management, Saudi-Pakistan defense arrangements, security cooperation, strategic costs, strategic trust, transactional approach, transparency, Trump administration, U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China rivalry, Washington

Why Washington Has Turned to Pakistan—and What It Means for India

Ziaulhaq Tanin0 Comments

Published: March 16, 2026 In the summer and fall of 2025, Washington’s decision-makers faced an urgent question: which partners could act immediately and deliver tangible results? This focus on short-term…

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Is The Air Campaign Against Iran an Illegal Use of Force?

Michael Fincher0 Comments

Published: March 12, 2026 Whenever the United States resorts to military force, the same question echoes through Washington and beyond: Did President Trump act within the law? Recent controversies surrounding…

Archive, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesair defense systems, Arabian Sea, asymmetrical warfare, Carrier Battle Group, coastal missiles, coercion, conflict studies, F-35C, fast-attack crafts, global oil consumption, Iran-US conflict, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, maritime domain, Middle East, Military Technology, naval armada, nuclear deterrent, nuclear strategy, Ohio class SSGNs, oil tankers, Patriot air-defense system, regime change, sea control, sea denial, short-range ballistic missiles, Strait of Hormuz, suicide drones, THAAD missile defense systems, Tomahawk cruise missiles, US military assets, USS Abraham Lincoln

CARRIER, CHOKEPOINT, AND COERCION: THE DYNAMICS OF IRAN-US CONFLICT

Ahmad Ibrahim0 Comments

Published: March 9, 2026 (Editor’s Note: This article was submitted before the U.S.-Iran conflict began. We intentionally left the article as “forward looking” to signify the value of the analysis.) …

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Seizing the High Ground: The Case for U.S. Leadership in Space Mining

Rachel Butler0 Comments

Since the Cold War, space has served as a powerful symbol of American identity. It is an arena where national pride, technological daring, and the spirit of exploration converge. It…

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Ukraine and the Failure of Western Assumptions

Kirk Fansher0 Comments

Ukraine did not just resist invasion; it shattered Western assumptions. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s 2022 invasion, the dominant view across Europe and the United States was that…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversaries2022 U.S. National Defense Strategy, adversary military modernization, aerial fleet demands, ammunition ship cycling, Australia–U.S. cooperation, basing scarcity, carrier-based aerial refueling, China strategic depth advantage, Chinese nuclear arsenal growth, coercive actions, Cold War deterrence lessons, combat logistics forces, conventional forward deployment, conventional munitions stockpiles, conventional war in Europe, credibility of deterrence, deep hinterland, deterrence operations, dispersed allies and partners, extended deterrence, Extended nuclear deterrence, force posturing, forward-deployed U.S. forces, forward-deployed U.S. nuclear weapons, fuel stockpiles, Great Power Competition, high-value bases, Indo-Pacific security, integrated air and missile defense (IAMD), Japan–U.S. cooperation, limited defensible terrain, limited strategic depth in Indo-Pacific, logistics stress, missile defense pre-positioning, missile launch rates, mutual defense treaty, NATO commitments, neutral/non-aligned states, normalization of nuclear threats, North Korean nuclear arsenal growth, nuclear alliance responsibilities, Nuclear arms control, nuclear competition, open-ocean battlespace, Pacific coast infrastructure, People’s Republic of China (PRC), pre-positioning capabilities, rear bases to forward reload areas, regional rules-based order, resupply and transit times, sensor resource allocation, strategic competitor, strategic depth, sustaining operations over prolonged conflict, target concentration, targeting dilemmas for China, vertical proliferation of defenses, Western Pacific theater

Extended Deterrence and Strategic Depth

Robert Peters & Christine M. Leah1 Comment

The world is entering a new age of nuclear competition, characterized by the breakdown of nuclear arms control and the return of great power competition and conventional war to Europe.…

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Restoring Ukraine Sovereignty Requires Restoring Deterrence

Peter Huessy0 Comments

The impact on American security from the Ukraine conflict, especially the impact on the nuclear and extended deterrent for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are significant. A key part…

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The Quiet Dismantling of America’s AI Warfighting Edge

Greg Sharpe0 Comments

Amid the global artificial intelligence (AI) arms race, elite adversaries such as China and Russia are actively strengthening their military tech structures without any barriers from their government. They are…

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Invest, Don’t Spend, Peace Dividends

Peter Huessy0 Comments

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was assumed that the US no longer needed a robust defense budget. As a result, the nation went on what Lt. Gen.…

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Power Play in the Philippine Midterm Election

Jumel G. Estrañero2 Comments

On May 12, 2025, Filipinos casted their votes in midterm congressional elections. The election unfolded amid intensifying hostilities between two of the nation’s most powerful political dynasties. Current President Ferdinand…