Global Security Review

This article was originally published on October 18, 2018, by Nick Lyall for Foreign Brief. What's Happening? The PLA hierarchy is being overhauled to elevate officers more receptive to Beijing’s desires to build a modern military force. Key Insights President Xi’s sweeping reforms aim to develop a more centralized military force that has…

The election coincides with constitutional reforms that will change Georgia's system of governance. After a contentious election and subsequent runoff, Salome…

The lack of empirical evidence of cyber warfare between states makes deterrence theorizing nearly impossible. Western states largely renounced the concepts of…

Emerging Market Businesses Want to Grow, But Can They Succeed Without Cybersecurity? Data breaches seem to be the name of the game in tech this year, and the…

Unintended consequences are often found in the debris of partisan politics – and we’ve seen many there already during the short tenure of the Trump presidency.…

This is not a time for brinkmanship. Thirty years ago, American and Soviet leaders signed a treaty eliminating an entire class of nuclear weapons, making the…

Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are riding a new high in the wake of Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian navy ships in the Sea of Azov on Sunday, November…

Geopolitical Language Barriers Between Russia and the West The actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin should be easy to comprehend. According to…

When migrants from Central America venture thousands of miles over dangerous terrain, they do so to escape substantial hardship and insecurity. The U.S.-Mexico…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not known for soft rhetoric. Erdoğan confronted former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and accused him to his…

The concept of security has evolved considerably since the end of the Cold War. Security is an inherently contested concept, encompassing a wide variety of…

On November 9, the Kremlin hosted representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban in Moscow. Afghanistan has been plagued with four decades of war and…