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India's role in Southeast and Central Asia is being shaped through Afghanistan.Many countries, both regional and global powers, are working in Afghanistan to secure their interests in Southeast Asia.…

Laying the Groundwork What began as a small collection of infrastructure projects in neighboring countries in 2013, has now expanded to neighboring regions and continents, impacting 65% of the…

China learned the value of hard power during its so-called “century of humiliation.” Now, as China begins its century of expansion, it’s learning to use soft power, too. In reference to China’s…

Modern wars are fought with eyes and ears on the ground, air, and cyberspace. In Afghanistan, the U.S. and its allies have deployed cutting-edge aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s January 2019 visit to the United Kingdom highlights the close partnership that exists between the two great powers.As the U.K. attempts to redefine its role on the…

The concept of information operations (IO) has entered into our everyday lexicon without a precise definition. Any stated definition of information operations is relative to the context. IO remains a…

This article was originally published on November 4, 2018, by Tommy Chai for Foreign Brief. What's Happening? The U.S. is engaging in an adverse competition with China that, absent a negotiated…

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…

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

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 world a safer place while setting the…

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 scenarios, and is commonly used in…

The U.S. is moving to withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in response to alleged violations by Russia. Out of the few issues that Russia and the United States agreed on…