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Deterrence & Foreign PolicyChina, East Asia, Japan, Taiwan, United States

Confronting Japan to Defend Against China: Senkaku as a Case Study in Taiwan’s Politics

The city council of Okinawa’s Ishigaki-shi approved legislation June 22 to change the district name of the Senkaku Islands from Tonoshiro to Tonoshiro Senkaku, prompting a stern response from the…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyUnited Nations, United States

Liberal Internationalism, an Ideology of Violence

Jesse Humpal

During the presidency of George W. Bush, the administration’s cabinet and top advisors were an eclectic mix of liberal internationalists and neoconservatives. The thing these two ideologies have in common…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyChina, COVID-19, European Union, Russia, United States

Will the United States Lead the Post-COVID World?

Miro Popkhadze

The coronavirus is the most significant health, security, economic, and geopolitical challenge that the world has experienced since World War Two. The global pandemic has challenged the United States’ capacity…

Deterrence & Foreign Policy

Was 2014 a Turning Point in Russian Foreign Policy?

Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom

Beginning in the early months of 2014, Russian foreign policy has become increasingly assertive and reinvigorated. This has been marked by a growing willingness to use force as well as…

Deterrence & Foreign Policy

Kissinger Was Right: Statesmanship in the Digital Age

Treston Wheat

Technologists and policymakers often speak different languages and have difficulty understanding each other, such as Mark Zuckerberg having to explain how the internet works at a basic level to members of…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyChina, European Union, Russia, United States

COVID-19 Will Accelerate Consolidation of Great Power Spheres of Influence

Hashim Abid

With the fall of the Soviet Union, the entire world fell within a de-facto American sphere of influence. With the absence of a significant rival to challenge its vision of…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyIran, United States

What’s Next for the United States’ Iran Strategy?

Yahia Aldhahraa

After the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979, the United States severed diplomatic ties with Iran and started imposing sanctions on the country. More than four decades…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, NATO, Taliban, United States

Does the U.S.-Taliban Deal Devalue American Sacrifices and Betray the Afghan People?

Iqbal Dawari

Long-deferred political efforts to put an end to the protracted war in Afghanistan gained new life in 2018. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban, and NATO forces observed mutual…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyChina, Communism, United States

U.S. Isolationism in an Era of CCP Dependency

Hanna Samir Kassab

Between September 2019 and January 2020, the world saw two potentially destabilizing external shocks: the first arose in the Persian Gulf with the Iranian/Houthi attack on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure.…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyChina, COVID-19, Public Health, United States

COVID-19: Crisis or Strategic Opportunity for China?

James Gannon

As the world continues its battle with COVID-19, new questions are emerging about how the virus could reshape the global geopolitical landscape and economic order. These questions dovetail with concerns…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyBelarus, Russia

Belarus and Russia: Fraternal Nations But Not a Union State

Gabriella Gricius

This past weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spent over five hours privately discussing the deepening relationship between their two countries. However, that presumably quiet and…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfrica, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan

Don’t Buy the Hype on Russia in Africa

Cameron Evers

In Africa, Russia seeks more friends, more money, and more influence to offset U.S.-imposed economic isolation, while reasserting Russia’s role as a global power. On May 28th, Moscow announced a…