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Deterrence & Foreign PolicyChina, India, Pakistan, United States

Balancing China: The Foundations of an Indo-U.S. Strategic Partnership

Joshua Ball

The United States' alliances give it a competitive edge against China. China does not engage in alliance structures targeted against third countries. This was to allow for China to retain…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyForeign Policy, International Security, National Security, United States

The U.S. Must Manage Domestic & Foreign Challenges in Order to Wield Credible Global Influence

Joshua Ball

Despite an overall economic recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, the United States faces considerable challenges. Domestically, these problems include decreased public trust in institutions, “fake news” proliferating on social…

Defense & SecurityChina, Energy, European Union, Foreign Policy, France, International Security, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northern Africa, Oil, OPEC, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United States

Converging Economic and Demographic Trends Threaten Security in the Middle East and North Africa

Joshua Ball

With oil prices unlikely to recover to levels of the petroleum boom governments may have to limit cash payments and subsidies. In the meantime, social networks have provided new tools…

Defense & SecurityBangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, United States

South Asia: India and Pakistan

Joshua Ball

Nuclear deployment requirements for naval-based delivery vehicles remove a safety valve that, until now, has kept atomic weapons stored separately from missiles in South Asia. At-sea deployments of nuclear weapons…

Defense & SecurityBrazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa, United States

The Assertions of Rising and Declining World Powers

Joshua Ball

Expect increasing assertiveness from Beijing and Moscow as both governments seek to lock in competitive advantages. Beijing and Moscow will seek to lock in competitive advantages and also to right…

Defense & SecurityEgypt, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United States

Increased Sectarian Tensions in the Middle East as the Saudi-Iran Proxy War Heats Up

Joshua Ball

Security concerns in Saudi Arabia are on the rise. Tensions are increasing between the Shia-minority and the Kingdom's Sunni ruling class in the aftermath of the execution of Shiite cleric…

Defense & SecurityForeign Policy, Russia, United States

The Subtext of Secretary Mattis’ Mysterious Memo

Joshua Ball

After a cryptic department-wide memo some are asking if Secretary James Mattis is trying to send a message. Early in August and without pretext, Secretary of Defense James Mattis circulated…

Defense & SecurityBrazil, Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, South America, United States, Venezuela

Central and South America

Joshua Ball

Populism and dissent spread across Latin America. Leftist governments have been kicked out in Argentina, Peru, and Guatemala. Venezuela’s left-wing populist government is stripping the country of its democratic institutions…

Defense & SecurityChina, United States

U.S. Intelligence: Expect More Overseas Chinese Military Bases

Joshua Ball

China has world’s fastest-modernizing military after the United States. China's first overseas army base in a small Africans nation of Djibouti is most likely the first of many that China…

Defense & SecurityBelarus, China, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, United States, Zapad-2017

North Korea Crisis Reveals Fractures in the China-Russia Strategic Partnership

Joshua Ball

In recent months, the Chinese government has been repeatedly criticized by North Korean state media. Particularly surprising to Beijing was a reference to China as the “Chinese mainland,” in differentiating it from…

Defense & SecurityBelarus, Russia, Ukraine, United States

How to Justify an Invasion: Russia’s FSB Accused of False-Flag Terrorist Attacks in Ukraine

Joshua Ball

The Head of Ukraine's SBU Security Service accused Russia's FSB of committing false-flag terrorist attacks to justify a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In a rare televised interview on September 3rd,…

Defense & SecurityBelarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, Poland, Russia, Sweden, United States

Could Russia Attempt a Crimea-Style Operation Against Belarus?

Joshua Ball

As tensions mount in Moscow's standoff with the West, the upcoming Zapad military exercises likely will be larger and more important than ever before. Russia's annual strategic "Zapad" (запад; Russian…