The First Rule of Countering Influence: Don’t Talk About…
The growth of Chinese influence around the globe has become one of the top priorities for the United States, with…
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Bio-Security in the Age of Global Pandemics
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, the United States held an unparalleled political,…
Arctic Great Power Competition: The United States,…
As the Arctic grows warmer, so too does the potential for great power competition amongst the United States, China,…
Africa’s (Modern) Slavery Problem
From rubies in Mozambique to emeralds in Zambia, opals in Australia, and Jade in Myanmar, the mining industry is…
Paid to Kill: An Examination of the Evolution of…
Throughout world history, as long as there has been conflict among people, there have been people willing to pay…
Confronting Japan to Defend Against China: Senkaku as a…
The city council of Okinawa’s Ishigaki-shi approved legislation June 22 to change the district name of the Senkaku…
From Missiles to Microchips
Efforts by the United States Intelligence Community (IC) to apply Cold War strategies to new age threats and…
A new formula for the UN Security Council
For the best part of a decade, paralysis has plagued the United Nations Security Council. Most recently, the…
COVID-19 and Responsible Leadership in a…
A shorter version of this article was published at The Globalist.
The current global pandemic that has affected…
Will the United States Lead the Post-COVID World?
The coronavirus is the most significant health, security, economic, and geopolitical challenge that the world has…
Realpolitik & Cooperation in the Age of COVID-19
György Spiró's novel Captivity follows the travels of a Jewish boy, Uri, who grew up on the outskirts of Rome. In…
COVID-19 Will Accelerate Consolidation of Great Power…
With the fall of the Soviet Union, the entire world fell within a de-facto American sphere of influence. With the…