Government & Politics

02

Jul

Archive, Defense & Security, Economics & Trade, Government & Politics, Strategic AdversariesAfrica, alternative materials, China, China–Japan Rare Earths dispute, cobalt, copper, critical minerals, defense procurement, domestic production, economic coercion, electric vehicles, export, export restrictions, F-35 fighter jets, geopolitical security, graphite, industrial production, investment planning, lithium, military aircraft, mineral reserves, mining, National defense, price volatility, processing dominance, radar systems, rare Earth minerals, recycling technologies, refining, refining infrastructure, semiconductors, solar panels, stockpiles, strategic competition, strategic vulnerability, submarines, supply chain, supply chain diversification, Tomahawk missiles, U.S. dependency, unmanned aerial vehicles

China’s Critical Mineral Strategy and the Structure of Strategic Competition

Holden Johansen1 Comment

Published: July 2, 2026 China's dominance of the rare-earth mineral supply chain gives Beijing a powerful tool of economic coercion against rival states. Vital rare-earth minerals like cobalt, copper, lithium,…

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29

Jun

Archive, Defense & Security, Economics & Trade, Emerging Threats, Government & PoliticsAegean Sea, Blue Homeland doctrine, Deterrence, eastern Mediterranean, EastMed pipeline, energy resources, Exclusive Economic Zone, geopolitical competition, geopolitical realism, geopolitical strategies, Greece, international law, international waters, Islands, islets, Lausanne Treaty, legal framework, legal frameworks, Libya, maritime delimitation, maritime jurisdiction, maritime strategy, militarization, natural gas, Paris Treaty, regional balance of power. ​, regional security, revisionism, rocks, security architecture, security vacuum, sovereignty, territorial waters, Turkish parliament, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Redrawn Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean: Türkiye’s New Legal Moves

Nazım Fatsa0 Comments

Published: June 29, 2026 An Exclusive Economic Zone does not grant absolute territorial sovereignty to a coastal state. However, it secures the exclusive rights of a coastal state to explore…

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26

May

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesalliance priorities, alliance reliance, America, American nuclear commitment, arms dependence, arms embargoes, arms supplier., autonomy, ballistic missile, civilian space, command and control, defense self-sufficiency, Deterrence, deterrent capabilities, domestic aerospace, drone, eastern Mediterranean, escalation risks, EU, foreign defense suppliers, forward deterrence, France, geopolitical power, Germany, ICBM, instability, Iran, Iraq, long-range ballistic capabilities, long-range strike, military power, Military Technology, missile, missile ambitions, missile security, national sovereignty, National Technology Initiative, NATO, NATO Europe, Non-Proliferation Treaty, nuclear arsenal, nuclear delivery capability, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear warhead, Nuclear Weapons, operational freedom, payload, Poland, power projection, precision guidance, reentry vehicle, regional influence, rocket propulsion, Russia, sanctions, satellite-launch, Somalia, sovereignty, spaceport, state security, strategic ambitions, strategic autonomy, strategic calculations, strategic independence, Syria, technological progress, Ukraine, Western security, Yildirimhan

Turkey’s ICBM: Ambition for Autonomy

Curtis McGiffin0 Comments

Published: May 26, 2026 At the recent SAHA Expo 2026, Turkey unveiled a mock-up of the Yildirimhan (Thunderbolt) and released details about the long-range, four-engined, liquid-fueled ballistic missile. The designation…

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19

May

Archive, Defense & Security, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesactivism, antisemitism, armed forces, campus protests, categorization, China, classroom discourse, Columbia University, counterinsurgency, Deterrence, education policy, education reform, engineering, family values, federal government, First Amendment, free speech, global competitiveness, government micro-management, Harvard, innovation, international threats, Ivy League, Leadership, learning experiences, Middle America, military, military academies, military experience, military service, National defense, National Security, NIDS, Nuclear Weapons, OODA loop, patriotism, Penn State-Brandywine, political influence, public institutions, radicals, research funding, Routledge Handbook, Russia, science, settlement, society, space warfare, Stephen J. Cimbala, technology, Trump administration, Ukraine, universities, University of Pennsylvania, urban terrorism, war fighting, workforce

The Halls of Ivy and National Defense

Stephen Cimbala2 Comments

Published: May 19, 2026 The relationship between the federal government and American universities is tense and often misunderstood. The gap between the purposes and priorities of government, on one side,…

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11

May

Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesair power deficit, alternative governments, Arman Sidhu., armed drones, bandit networks, Boko Haram, Borno State, Burkina Faso, civilian casualties, coup risk, defense budget, defense sector, drone warfare, economic collapse, external intervention, fingerprint-based verification, ghost soldiers, governance, insurgency, intelligence gap, international assistance, ISWAP, JNIM, Kebbi, Lake Chad Basin, Lakurawa, maintenance, Mali, military base overruns, military corruption, military desertion, military procurement, Multinational Joint Task Force, Niger, Nigeria, night-vision gear, organizational failure, personnel costs, President Tinubu, public trust, ransom economy, reform, Sahel, security crisis, security emergency, Sokoto, state legitimacy, Sudan, Tomahawk missile strikes, transparency, U.S. Military

Hollow Ranks & Ghost Soldiers: Nigeria’s Corruption-Fueled Security Collapse

Arman Sidhu0 Comments

Published: May 11, 2026 Nigeria’s worsening security crisis is, at its core, a story of military breakdown. The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) overran at least 15 military bases…

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23

Apr

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Emerging Threats, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesactive protection systems, aerial domain, air-defense missiles, air-to-air missiles, and concepts discussed throughout the paper. The keywords below capture the core topics, and evolving strategies highlighted in the document.manned platforms, armored vehicles, asymmetric tactics, ballistic missiles, Black Sea conflict, blue waters, CIWS, Close-in Weapon Systems, combined arms, contextual warfare., cope cages, cruise missiles, DART projectiles, DEAD, decoy systems, defensive technologies, drone swarms, drones, electronic countermeasures, force-multipliers, FPV drones, HELs, high-energy lasers, houthis, human decision-making, I approached your request by analyzing the main themes, jammers, kamikaze drones, kill-chain, laser-guided bombs, maneuver warfare, Manned-Unmanned Teaming, military power, mission-kill, Modern warfare, MUM-T, naval domain, naval drones, operational domains, Red Sea crisis, Russia-Ukraine war, sea control, SEAD, submarine, surface combatants, technologies, torpedo, UAS, unmanned aerial systems, unmanned systems, vehicle mounted jammers

Assessing the Credibility of Manned Platforms in Contemporary Drone-Rich Combat Environment

Ahmad Ibrahim0 Comments

Published: April 23, 2026 Proliferation of unmanned systems in modern warfare has popularized the notion that traditional platforms have reached the end of their operational relevance. Particularly, the Russia-Ukraine war…

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13

Apr

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…

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16

Mar

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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12

Mar

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Government & Politics, Strategic AdversariesArticle I, Article II, authority, commander in chief, conflict, congress, Constitution, declaration of war, election year ​, imminent danger, Intelligence, justification, legislation, military, National defense, partisan, passive consent, preemption doctrine, president, public defense, public opinion, strikes, United States, war, War Powers Act

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…

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09

Mar

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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24

Feb

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Economics & Trade, Emerging Threats, Government & Politics, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic AdversariesArtemis Accords, asteroid, capabilities, China, competition, development, economic, Energy, extraction, framework ​, geopolitical, governance, intellectual property, Leadership, lunar, mining, NASA, outer space treaty, policy, R&D, research, resources, security, Space, technology, U.S.

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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