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May 22, 2025
![]() What E-Estonia Can Teach the USTechnologist Joel Burke is the author of the recently published Rebooting a Nation: The Incredible Rise of Estonia, E-Government and the Startup Revolution. He shares his insight into the country’s rise as a leader in e-government, technological exports in... Read more |
May 15, 2025
![]() US Anti-Terrorism Cases Against MTN Group Put Multinationals in PerilIn April 2025, legal scholars raised concerns about the ongoing Iran-related terrorism cases against the MTN Group in the US court system. Professor Jeffrey Breinholt of George Washington University even went so far as to express his belief that... Read more |
May 8, 2025
![]() Navigating Turbulent Waters: Does Zimbabwe Have a Future?Zimbabwe, once hailed as the breadbasket of Africa, is now grappling with profound political and economic challenges. Recent efforts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reset relations with the United States and the internal political rift that seems to be... Read more |
May 1, 2025
![]() A New Office of Strategic Services?Introduction In the past six months, two different opinion pieces, here and here, have raised the possibility of reviving the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). These recommendations are by no means new. Over the past 80 years, there have... Read more |
May 1, 2025
![]() You Don’t Know Until You Go: Views of the US From European CapitalsPersistent reports indicate that the Trump Administration will de-emphasize the US commitment to European security in favor of an emphasis on defending the US homeland and shifting resources to the Indo-Pacific. This follows a long-running critique of America’s... Read more |
April 30, 2025
![]() Charting the End State for US Strategy Toward ChinaAs the new Trump administration formulates its China strategy, defining clear end states will be essential to avoid a reactive or incoherent approach. A long-term rivalry with a peer competitor like China demands more than tactical responses—it requires a... Read more |
April 29, 2025
![]() LEO Wars: China’s Orbital Challenge to the US-Led Digital OrderExecutive Summary China’s rapid advancement in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet technology represents a direct challenge to global US operations, communications infrastructure, and the free flow of information. Leveraging BeiDou’s Navigation Satellite System (BDS), Beijing’s Global Positioning System... Read more |
April 22, 2025
![]() The Feminists Defending UkraineBen Gardner-Gill: Hello, and welcome to Baltic Ways. I’m your co-host, Ben Gardner-Gill. Today we’re talking with Gražina Belousova. Gražina is a feminist scholar of race, religion, and gender in post-Soviet Europe. She earned her PhD from Duke... Read more |
April 21, 2025
![]() How the UK-Mauritius Deal on Chagos Could Reshape US Military Strategy in the Indian OceanIntroduction: The Context Diego Garcia, an atoll and one of the largest of the 52 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, is geographically part of the Chagos Archipelago — a British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is... Read more |
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