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February 11, 2020
U.S. National Security and the FutureThe current international environment is in a state of flux with numerous security threats both present or on the horizon. Whatever future historians call this era, undoubtedly, the present and near future offers threats or challengers from great powers... Read more |
February 5, 2020
The Enduring Legacy of French and Belgian Islamic State Foreign FightersThe Islamic State’s attacks in Paris in November 2015 and Brussels in March 2016 demonstrated ISIS’s reach from the heart of its “caliphate” in the Middle East to major European capitals. Foreign fighters from France and Belgium consistently proved... Read more |
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January 24, 2020
Myanmar in China’s EmbraceChina’s challenge to America and its drive for global primacy will dominate international politics for the foreseeable future. This contest will play out across the full spectrum of international affairs: economics, politics, science and technology, ideology—and geographic/territorial control. With... Read more |
January 21, 2020
Can Oman Survive Its Own Neighborhood After the Death of Sultan Qaboos?The small Gulf state of Oman’s identity is closely—if not inextricably—linked with the person of Sultan Qaboos, who passed away on January 10 after nearly 50 years in power. He singlehandedly transformed the country from a sleepy, closed-off country... Read more |