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Diplomacy

Economic Security in an Age of Strategic Competition

There is a growing perception among long-standing US allies that they need to expand commercial relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). [...] More

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From Terror Networks to Hybrid Threats: A Partner Approach to a Growing Threat

The hybrid threat challenge facing Europe today is reminiscent of the terrorist threat challenge of the post-9/11 Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) era. [...] More

The Nuclear Arms Race Is Accelerating — and the U.N. Looks Increasingly Powerless

OPINION – Last week, the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, currently in session at the [...] More

The Pakistani General Running Washington’s Backchannel to Tehran

OPINION -- As Washington and Tehran edge closer to escalation, the most critical line of communication keeping the crisis from spiraling is being run [...] More

How the Iran War Is Reordering the World, Second and Third-Order Effects

Five weeks into the US-Israeli war against Iran, the immediate military picture — decapitation strikes, missile exchanges, and the grinding attrition [...] More

America’s “Exquisite Class” Weapons Shortage

OPINION — “We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest U.S. Defense Manufacturing Companies where we discussed Production and Production [...] More

Iran: War, the Abraham Accords, and the Psychology of Its Leadership

OPINION – As the war between Iran and America (plus Israel) enters its second week, a close examination of its asymmetric and higher-order effects is [...] More

A Quiet Peace in the Caucasus Could Change the Balance of Power

COLUMN/THE BLUF: A momentous event is happening that is receiving little fanfare in the U.S. but could have major long-term implications for regional [...] More

Nuclear Expansion and Conditional Diplomacy: North Korea’s New Strategy

OPINION – At the 9th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, held every five years, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un left the door open for engagement with [...] More

Pope Leo XIV Has an Opportunity with the 2026 World Day of Peace

On January 1, 2026, in his planned first message for the 59th World Day of Peace, Pope Leo XIV will reflect on peace, justice, and global harmony.On [...] More

A Resounding Reaffirmation of Diplomacy

BOOK REVIEW: Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to KissingerBy A. Wess Mitchell / Princeton University Press – Oct [...] More

Inside the High-Stakes World of State-Sponsored Hostage Negotiations

Inside the High-Stakes World of State-Sponsored Hostage Negotiations

BOOK REVIEW: SWAP: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE NEW COLD WARBy Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson / HarperReviewed by: Joseph AugustynThe Reviewer — Joseph [...] More

Talking to Kim Jong Un Could Help Freeze His Nuclear Ambitions

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un publicly announced that he’s prepared to meet with President Donald Trump: “If the US drops its hollow obsession with [...] More