From Missiles to Microchips
Efforts by the United States Intelligence Community (IC) to apply Cold War strategies to new age threats and…
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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…
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…
It’s Time for the EU to Lead in Libya
Since the overthrow and killing of Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011, Libya has been roiled by chaos and civil war. Nine…
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…
A Global Recession Will Fuel Cyber-Espionage
Over the past several years, many economists (for a variety of reasons) have predicted a global recession in 2020.…
Russia’s Renewed Energy Dominance in Europe
Although the hype surrounding the recent launch of the TurkStream pipeline and the in-progress Nord Stream 2 would…
Constitutional Reform and Presidential Term Limits in…
What will Vladimir Putin do when his presidential term ends in 2024?
In his annual state-of-the-nation speech this…
Nuclear Damage Limitation in an Era of Great Power…
Editor's note: This is the second piece in a two-part series examining the role of damage limitation strategy in…
A History of Damage Limitation in U.S. Nuclear War…
The concept of nuclear damage limitation dates back to the early 1960s. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense…
Conflict and Competition: Limited Nuclear Warfare and…
"Nuclear weapons seem to be in almost everybody's bad book, but the fact is that they are a powerful force for…
Belarus and Russia: Fraternal Nations But Not a Union…
This past weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spent over five…