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Deterrence & Foreign PolicyIran, United States

The U.S. Should Avoid a Direct Military Confrontation with Iran

Shima Bozorgi

Tehran wants a war. President Trump should show restraint.The Iranian government’s recent announcement that it would surpass previously-agreed-upon uranium enrichment limits should come as no surprise. In fact, the regime’s…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, United States

Economizing Defense: A Roadmap for Building Sustainable Afghan Security Forces

Tamim Asey

Back in 2004, when Afghan and American generals were laying the foundations for the post-Taliban Afghan army and security forces the number one question in the minds of everybody around…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyBook Review, United States

Book Review: The Hell of Good Intentions: America’s Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy

Joanna Rozpedowski

Ever since Antiquity, two rival perspectives have accompanied the practice of diplomacy. The first inquired after what was morally right, whereas the second focused on what was pragmatic and expedient.…

Government & PoliticsDisinformation, Information Operations, Iran, United States

Iran’s Fragile Moments of Democracy May Not Survive the Propaganda Bots

Ali Arfa

A day after Aljazeera published a piece on Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), whose Twitter users were targeting Iranian scholars, academics, and journalists in favor of dialogue between the U.S. and Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

The Taliban Peace Calculus

Tamim Asey

For the Taliban, the ongoing peace talks are a quest for political legitimacy and a political tactic—not a strategy—to end the war in Afghanistan. The Taliban consider direct negotiations with…

Defense & SecurityChina, East Asia, Japan, Taiwan, United States

The New Taiwan Strait Crisis: a Dangerous Decade Ahead

Foreign Brief

Foreign Brief analysis by Tommy Chai (May 31, 2019) What's Happening?China’s military expansion is occurring at a time when Taiwan is becoming more resistant to cross-strait reunification, and the U.S.…

Economics & TradeArctic, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Russia, United States

Melting Arctic Sea Ice Opens New Maritime Shipping Route

Trivun Sharma

The Arctic Ocean may be the world's smallest and most shallow, but this by no means negates the region's geostrategic significance. Over the years, global climate change severely and observably…

Defense & SecurityDisinformation, Europe, European Union, France, Georgia, Germany, NATO, Russia, United States

How Russia’s Disinformation Campaigns are Succeeding in Europe

Gabriella Gricius

Russian disinformation campaigns continue to increase, and increasingly seems to be part of a coordinated campaign to overwhelm democracies. In 2017, Catalonia held an illegal referendum on independence from Spain, despite…

Government & PoliticsTurkey, United States

Turkey’s Local Elections and the Future of Erdoğan’s Leadership

Ibrahim Taha

Turkey held its first elections since the country formally transitioned to a presidential system on March 31st, 2019. The elections were held amidst warnings of an economic recession, as analysts…

Government & PoliticsAlgeria, European Union, Iran, Sudan, United States, Venezuela

Iran, Algeria, Sudan, and Venezuela Have One Major Similarity

Shima Bozorgi

On matters of history, culture, and geopolitics, Venezuela, Algeria, and Sudan seem distinctly different from Iran. Yet, all four have one thing in common. The seemingly omnipotent regimes in each…

Defense & SecurityAustralia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, United States

The Four “Nots” to Correctly Interpreting China’s Rise

Lorenzo Termine

Correctly appraising the rise of China is the sine qua non for engaging with it.In contrast to its predecessors, the Trump administration has brought about some relevant changes to U.S.…

Defense & SecurityHezbollah, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Lebanon, Syria, United States

Designating the IRGC as a Terrorist Group: Consequences for U.S. Forces

Ali Arfa

The obsession in the United States with the “war on terror” entered a new phase when U.S. President Donald Trump formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign…