OPINION – Economic insulation is no longer guaranteed by geography. Australia is nevertheless very vulnerable to geopolitical unrest in the Middle [...]
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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – I’m always reluctant to comment on current events, as it feels a bit like being an armchair quarterback, but I have been asked [...]
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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – I’m always reluctant to comment on current events, as it feels a bit like being an armchair quarterback, but I have been asked [...]
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Cipher Brief Expert Nick Fishwick CMG retired in 2012 after nearly thirty years in the British Foreign Service. His work included postings in Lagos, [...]
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Cipher Brief Expert Nick Fishwick CMG retired in 2012 after nearly thirty years in the British Foreign Service. His work included postings in Lagos, [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontConflict is no longer relegated strictly to the physical battlefield but extends through cyberspace, often manifesting in social [...]
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Hunger and political instability go hand in hand. Fighting and droughts across Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and parts of Nigeria have caused dire [...]
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This century will be defined by two trends: how we manage climate change and how we manage the rise of megacities. Over the next 20 years, the global [...]
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The United States is confronted with security challenges on a daily basis, from unending terrorist attacks to adversaries positioning themselves on [...]
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With the advent of digital communications, people thousands of miles apart can engage with each other seamlessly, and businesses can operate at a [...]
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BANGUI, Central African Republic – Since May 8, fighting in the southeastern city of Bangassou, the southern town of Alindao and the central mining [...]
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After the stunning collapse of the Iranian regime in 1979, country risk analysts everywhere became desirous of some method to better calculate the [...]
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UN peacekeeping is rarely headline news, but when the Trump Administration announced in March that it was seeking to make cuts of $1 billion in [...]
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The Fragile States Index is a remarkable and welcome document in this era of instant national security analysis, delivered in 24/7 soundbites. With [...]
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When it comes to the world’s most fragile states, two of the wealthiest and most-developed countries, the United States and the United Kingdom, would [...]
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What is the most stable country in the world? Which is the most fragile? What determines those qualities? In 2017, South Sudan was ranked the most [...]
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