Losing the Ambiguity, Missing the Strategy: US Policy Towards Taiwan in Flux
A series of high-level meetings between leaders and visits by prominent politicians from the United States, China, and Taiwan...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Losing the Ambiguity, Missing the Strategy: US Policy Towards Taiwan in Flux
A nation must think before it acts.
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Beyond the Supply Chain: South Africa’s China Dilemma
At the Fourth China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on June 22, 2026, South Africa’s deputy president Paul...
From Greenland to Spain: Trump Threatens Allies While Embracing Turkey at NATO Summit
At last week’s NATO Summit in Ankara, President Trump was hosted warmly by Turkish President Recep Erdogan. Trump, who...
In The Latest Russia-Belarus Non-Strategic Nuclear Exercise, Putin and Lukashenka Show Teeth
In mid-May, Belarus and Russia announced that they would conduct military exercises involving the delivery of nuclear weapons to...
East Shield: Poland’s Role in Defending NATO’s Eastern Border
Back in February 2025, when US Vice President JD Vance announced at the Munich Security Conference that US assistance...
The Hybrid Navy and the United Kingdom’s Defence Investment Plan
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
The False Hope of AI for Warzone Language Needs
“We’ve hooked up some machinery,” said Tommy, “that amounts to a mechanical translator… When you’re ready to talk to...
Just How Much is Too Much? The Defense Spending Dilemma
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
Inside Rubicon: The Structure of Russia’s Elite Drone Center
The following analysis was originally published on Two Marines, a newsletter on Russia’s war in Ukraine, defense technology, and modern...
Is US Influence in Africa at a Crossroads?
The United States enters the second half of the 2020s facing a fundamental question in Africa: Is Washington still...