Intern Corner August 20, 2025 China’s Cyber Playbook for the Indo-Pacific By: Nathan Lee Cyber operations are now a defining feature of modern warfare, as the war in Ukraine has demonstrated—and China is taking note. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has served as a testing ground for the integration of emerging technologies... Read more	Analysis August 18, 2025 The US-South Africa Relationship Will Always be Complex By: Charles A. Ray South Africa and the United States occupy prominent positions on the world stage. South Africa is a regional powerhouse in Africa, and the United States is a global superpower. The diplomatic relationship between the two, however, has never been... Read more	Podcasts August 15, 2025 Hybrid Warfare: A Conversation with Dr. Frank Hoffman Almost two decades ago, Frank Hoffman’s writings and scholarship were instrumental in popularizing the term Hybrid Warfare. Join him in a conversation with Phil Wasielewski as the two discuss the origins of this term and concept and debate how... Read more
Analysis August 13, 2025 Sweden’s Role in Baltic Defense By: Daniels Kauliņš Sweden’s accession to NATO in 2024 and the successful completion of its first deployment to NATO’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) in Latvia in the first half of 2025 mark a strategic shift in the country’s defence posture. This move,... Read more	Intern Corner August 12, 2025 Taiwan Relations Act in a New Era of Security Cooperation By: Yen-han Chen For a document intended to carefully outline relations with a key US partner while navigating a region’s complex history and geopolitical realities, eight pages seem brief. Enacted in 1979 in response to the US switch in recognition from the... Read more	Analysis August 11, 2025 Debt and Development: The Next Chapter of Chinese Investments in Central Asia By: Bruce Pannier China has been a major investor and trade partner in Central Asia for some twenty-five years. For the first half of those years, Beijing was focused on oil and natural gas pipelines and roads and railways to bring energy... Read more
Reports August 11, 2025 Atlantic Bastion: The Future of Anti-Submarine Warfare By: Emma Salisbury Atlantic Bastion represents the Royal Navy’s future plan for anti-submarine capabilities, defending the North Atlantic against the threat from the Russian submarine fleet. First formally revealed in the United Kingdom’s recent Strategic Defence Review, the program brings in... Read more	Analysis August 7, 2025 Beyond Recall: Prospects for Taiwanese Unity after July 26 By: Brendan Flynn Introduction If there was ever any doubt, Taiwan’s July 26 “Great Recall” election makes one thing clear: Taiwanese politics are deeply divided. For many in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), a vote to recall one of twenty-four Kuomintang (KMT)... Read more	Reports August 6, 2025 Forging India-Taiwan Engagement: Theoretical Foundations, Policy Debates, and Pragmatic Pathways By: Suyash Desai, Harsh V. Pant This report is published in collaboration with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), also available on their website. Introduction The 2024 Taiwan presidential elections marked a historic third consecutive win for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)—the first time a party... Read more