Kremlin Subs Set Sights on Internet’s Undersea Backbone
Bottom Line: The U.S. and its NATO allies have warned that Russian submarine activity near undersea fiber optic cables means Moscow may be plotting to […] More
Posts Tagged ‘Infrastructure’
An American Tragedy of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico may well be the most unusual and paradoxical situation in world affairs, and now it ranks among the most tragic. The existence of […] More
The “China Solution”: Beijing Aims for Global Leadership
U.S. President Donald Trump marked his 100th day in office with an executive order calling for a review of U.S. trade deals, as well as […] More
Belt and Road Summit: Beijing’s Push on Trade
Forgive free-trade advocates for being a bit disoriented this year. The vertigo hit hard in January, when trade’s most notable defender at the World Economic […] More
China’s Evolving Security Interests in Africa
As China’s economic interests in Africa have expanded, its security interests have kept pace, to protect Chinese nationals and assets across the continent. To that […] More
The New Technology of Humanitarian Assistance
Since the first CIA Predator drone strike in October 2001, the United States, among others, has sought to expand the technology to facilitate remote warfare. […] More
Drones: The Next Tool for Humanitarian Workers
Remotely controlled aircraft, or drones, have long become common in military settings—possibly most infamously pictured as a U.S. Predator launching Hellfire missiles at suspected terrorists […] More
The Whimper, Not Bang, of Humanitarian Drones
While receiving significant publicity from global media, the rise of the humanitarian drone is so far more of a whimper than a bang. This article […] More
The Outlook for Energy Cooperation between Canada and the U.S.
The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States has officially triggered a wave of significant policy changes in Washington, initially […] More
America and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Shortly after arriving at the G20 economic summit in Hangzhou China last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would join a long […] More
An Imagined Threat from China
When a multilateral bank, based in China, finances an upgrade of slums in 154 cities in Indonesia, do Americans need to be concerned about a […] More
Infrastructure as a Tool of Foreign Policy
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is China’s answer to the multi-trillion dollar infrastructure spending gap in Asia. However, many see the bank as an […] More