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	Podcasts July 31, 2025 Whither Strong? Exploring Conceptions of Russian Power Why does Russia play such an important role in geopolitics? If it’s because of ‘strength’… what does strength even mean? And why do conceptions of Russia’s strength vary so extremely? Seva Gunitsky joins Aaron Schwartzbaum on this week’s Bear... Read more	Analysis July 30, 2025 The Liberty Corridor and American Commercial Diplomacy By: Michael Walsh On the eve of the recent visit of coastal West African leaders to the White House, it was announced that a letter of intent had been signed between Guma Africa Group and the Government of Liberia to develop the Liberty Corridor. The details of... Read more
Podcasts July 24, 2025 Future of Collaborative Combat Aircraft How might combat collaborative aircraft be used to fight a war in Europe? Or the Indo-Pacific? To discuss these questions, and the latest from the YFQ-44A, President Aaron Stein sat down with Andrew Van Timmeren, the director of air... Read more	Analysis July 18, 2025 Fighting Irregular Wars: Is it Time to Rethink the Laws of Perfidy? By: Nadav Tikochinsky On June 8, 2024, Israeli forces executed a hostage-rescue operation in Nuseirat, central Gaza. The Israeli operation was widely reported to have utilized civilian disguises, with some forces allegedly being transported in civilian vehicles and wearing civilian clothing. In... Read more	Analysis July 11, 2025 The Impacts of Trump’s Tariffs on Taiwan By: Joshua Freedman Three months on, the aftershocks of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff spree in April 2025 continue to reverberate across East Asia. The United States imposed high tariff rates across the region, including 32 percent on goods from Taiwan, before... Read more
Analysis July 2, 2025 Foreign Influence is Fueling the War in Sudan By: Charles A. Ray The current war raging in Sudan began on April 15, 2023, with violent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Two years later, the conflict shows no signs of abating, primarily due... Read more	Podcasts July 1, 2025 From Russia with Risk Here on the Bear Market Brief, a lot of what we focus on is, simply put, risk: what might happen, and what might it mean? On this episode, geoeconomic and country risk expert Rachel Ziemba joins Aaron Schwartzbaum to delve in the discipline... Read more	Analysis July 1, 2025 Czech Republic Faces Pressing Security Challenges Ahead of Parliamentary Elections By: Robert Beck Czech President Petr Pavel, in a statement to the press on May 15, 2025, complimented the leaders of the country’s main political parties for their consensus on the core foundations of Prague’s current security posture. According to Pavel, “there... Read more