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The Strategic Realignment: Iran, China, and the Great Power Contest

OPINION — The conflict in Iran is not solely the result of 47 years of unresolved tension. That framing misses a more consequential story: what is [...] More

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Human Agency in a Technology-Mediated World

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Occasionally, a speech does more than mark a leadership transition or outline institutional priorities. It captures, with [...] More

Decoding Global Reactions to Trump’s Victory

DEEP DIVE — It was, as Axios reporter Zachary Basu put it, “the most astonishing, gravity-defying comeback in the history of American politics.” But [...] More

Global Leaders to Watch in 2023

OPINION — As President Joe Biden concludes his second year in office, despite many positive foreign-policy achievements, his administration can [...] More

When Corporate Interests and International Cyber Agreements Collide

OPINION — The Paris Call for Trust and Stability in Cyberspace is an initiative launched by French President Emmanuel Macron during the 2018 UNESCO’s [...] More

A New World of Global Security: A Briefing with Sir John Sawers

A New World of Global Security: A Briefing with Sir John Sawers

The new COVID-19 national security world is one shaped by a host of national and global security issues that were impacted – both good and bad – by [...] More

Global Knowledge Warfare: Using Strategic Imagination to Harness Uncertainty and Fear

Global Knowledge Warfare: Using Strategic Imagination to Harness Uncertainty and Fear

Eric Shiraev, Political Psychologist, George Mason University[rebelmouse-image 60319087 expand=1 dam=1 alt="Eric Pic Profile" site_id=26883708 [...] More

Libya's Carpe Diem?

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, US Army (Ret) was the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2008-2009. Prior to that, he [...] More

New Lessons Lead to New War Plans for India and Pakistan

New Lessons Lead to New War Plans for India and Pakistan

India believes it won the hostilities which followed the Pulwama attack in February 2019. According to New Delhi the attack on Balakot not only [...] More

Russia's Global Ambitions: A Member Briefing with Steven Hall

Russia's Global Ambitions: A Member Briefing with Steven Hall

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week in [...] More