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Termination of INF Treaty Could Spark Arms Race in Asia
By terminating of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a key Cold War-era arms control pact, the…
Diverging Interests in Iran Behind Germany’s…
During a trip to Poland on July 31st, 2019, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated that “Germany will not…
Britain’s Changing Security Perceptions
The United Kingdom's national security challenges are amplifying by the day.
Existing security measures and…
The Shifting Dynamics of Britain’s National…
With the advent of the twenty-first century came differing classifications of national security threats and a…
Frenemies: Prospects and Challenges for the Military…
With a potential peace settlement on the horizon, much will depend on the prospects and challenges for the…
CPP-NPA and the Duterte Administration: Realpolitik in…
For the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the National People's Army, strategic positioning is…
Economizing Defense: A Roadmap for Building Sustainable…
Back in 2004, when Afghan and American generals were laying the foundations for the post-Taliban Afghan army and…
The Taliban Peace Calculus
For the Taliban, the ongoing peace talks are a quest for political legitimacy and a political tactic—not a…
Defeating the Philippine’s Communist Rebellion
CPP-NPA and the Duterte Administration: Post-Activism, Insurgency, and Terrorism
Five decades of insurgency and…
The New Taiwan Strait Crisis: a Dangerous Decade Ahead
Foreign Brief analysis by Tommy Chai (May 31, 2019)
What's Happening?China’s military expansion is occurring at a…
Haftar Ante Portas Tripoli
After a relatively easy advance through the southern and central parts of Libya, the country's renegade general now…
How Russia’s Disinformation Campaigns are…
Russian disinformation campaigns continue to increase, and increasingly seems to be part of a coordinated campaign…