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

It’s Time to Stop Pivoting: Great Power Competition is Everywhere

Matthew Ivey

Early in the new year, the Biden Administration will release a National Security Strategy (NSS), a National Defense Strategy (NDS), and other strategic documents that will set the stage for…

Defense & SecurityChina, European Union, France, Greece, Israel, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

The Connection Between AUKUS, the Franco-Greek Pact, and the EastMed Pipeline

Konstantinos Apostolou-Katsaros

In the wake of the AUKUS agreement, EU member states must come to terms with the loss of primacy and the shift of the U.S.'s geostrategic center of gravity to…

Defense & SecurityChina, Iran, North Korea, Russia, United States

Bio-Security in the Age of Global Pandemics

Joanna Rozpedowski

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, the United States held an unparalleled political, economic, and military position in the post-communist era. For nearly three decades,…

Defense & SecurityArctic, China, Russia, United States

Arctic Great Power Competition: The United States, Russia and China

Gabriella Gricius

As the Arctic grows warmer, so too does the potential for great power competition amongst the United States, China, and Russia. While a historic Arctic power like Russia is militarizing…

DevelopmentAfrica, Angola, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Liberia, Mauritania, Sierra Leone

Africa’s (Modern) Slavery Problem

Joanna Rozpedowski

From rubies in Mozambique to emeralds in Zambia, opals in Australia, and Jade in Myanmar, the mining industry is undergoing an extraction renaissance that is as profitable as it is…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, China, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Pakistan, Private Military Companies, Russia, United States

Paid to Kill: An Examination of the Evolution of Combatants for Hire

Joshua E. Duke

Throughout world history, as long as there has been conflict among people, there have been people willing to pay others to carry out violence. From assassins and mercenaries to bounty…

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

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

Moises de Souza & Dean Karalekas

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…

DiplomacyChina, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States

A new formula for the UN Security Council

Alistair Somerville

For the best part of a decade, paralysis has plagued the United Nations Security Council. Most recently, the International Rescue Committee described the Council’s response to the coronavirus as “shameful.”…

DiplomacyBelarus, China, European Union, Germany, Taiwan, United States

COVID-19 and Responsible Leadership in a “Post-Truth” Age

Suzanne Loftus

A shorter version of this article was published at The Globalist. The current global pandemic that has affected us all has elicited extensive media attention. A variety of theories have…

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…

DiplomacyChina, COVID-19, European Union, United Nations, United States

Realpolitik & Cooperation in the Age of COVID-19

Zoltan Feher

György Spiró's novel Captivity follows the travels of a Jewish boy, Uri, who grew up on the outskirts of Rome. In the first book, Uri arrives in Jerusalem; in the second…

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…