Germany’s Defense Shift: Merz, NATO, and Rearmament
When newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered his first major address to the Bundestag in May 2025,...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Germany’s Defense Shift: Merz, NATO, and Rearmament
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
Saudi Arabia Expands Missile Production at al-Duwadimi
Jon Landay has a Reuters piece, “Saudi Missile Plant Expansion May Produce More Powerful Missiles,” on the ongoing expansion of...
Ülle Madise: Could a Lawyer Unify Estonia?
In Shakespeare’s Henry VI, the rebel Dick the Butcher proposes, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the...
The Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf and War with Iran
Introduction Geopolitics, which Webster’s Dictionary defines as the influence of geography, economics, and demographics on a state’s foreign policy,...
Zimbabwe’s Emerging Relevance in US–Africa Relations
For much of the post-Cold War period, Zimbabwe has occupied an uneasy position in the foreign-policy calculations of the...
Iranian Missile Production Infrastructure after Epic Fury
Since the imagery hold over Iran for commercial providers like Planet Labs PBC was lifted a few months ago,...
House of GUGI: A Historical Imagery Analysis of Olenya Guba
Introduction In April, the UK Minister of Defence, John Healey, gave a speech calling out Russian military activities near...
The War of Endurance: Russia, Ukraine, and the Struggle Behind the Front Lines
Introduction The Russo-Ukrainian War, if dated to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, is the longest running conflict in Europe...
How UK Foreign Policy Is Changing Under Andy Burnham
Last week, the Andy Burnham government in the United Kingdom announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank,...
China’s Civil-Military Drone Fusion
Divining the intentions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is never a straightforward task. But when it comes to...