A Precarious Future for Iran-Europe Relations
Immediately following President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Europe rushed to…
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Germany: The Subtle Mediator Between Russia and Ukraine
Is Germany the missing link in the Sea of Azov dispute?
When the Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolai Partushev, claimed in mid-January that the continuation of policies “by the Kiev…
Geopolitics in the Era of Connectivity: Beijing and Brussels Compete for Central 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…
Political Uncertainty Will Plague Europe Throughout 2019
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected by land, air, sea, and cyberspace, tensions and uncertainty are growing.
These trends are particularly evident in Europe, where elections, treaties,…
Refining Strategic Autonomy: A Call for European Grand Strategy
Expanding the LexiconOver the past year and a half, European foreign policymakers and thought leaders have adopted a new lexicon. Terms like strategic autonomy and defense union have become…
The Unintended Consequences of Fake News
Unintended consequences are often found in the debris of partisan politics – and we’ve seen many there already during the short tenure of the Trump presidency. But perhaps the most consequential yet…
Crisis in the Congo: A New Role for NATO’s Southern Hub
The growing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the latest in a series of decades-long bloody conflicts.
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…
Increasing Divergences Amongst Transatlantic Partners
A meeting between transatlantic allies has rarely been met with such anticipation as the recently concluded NATO summit in Brussels.
The tone of the summit was set well in advance following President…
Saudi Arabia Threatens Military Action if Qatar Purchases Russian S-400 Air Defense System
Saudi Arabia Seeks to Prevent Qatar from Buying the Russian S-400 Air Defense System.
According to reports in the French newspaper Le Monde, Saudi Arabia has asked the government of France to assist…
Russian Election Interference Campaign Was a Well-Oiled Information Warfare Machine
The Russian government developed and implemented a "full-spectrum" disinformation machine to influence the political system in the United States.The attempt to influence the 2016 U.S. election through…
Emerging Economies Will Hold Increasing Amounts of Global Economic Power by 2050
By 2050, economies like Indonesia, Brazil, and Mexico are likely to be bigger than those of the United Kingdom and France.
The seven largest emerging market countries could grow, on average,…
A Multipolar Global Order Doesn’t Mean the West is “in Retreat”
There's no question that the post-Soviet world order is undergoing a seismic shift.
The real question is, how? The post-World War II international order that enabled today’s political, economic, and…