Is It Time For a New Look at the US Obsession Over Chinese Economic Influence in Africa?
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 there was a brief period in the United States where...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Is It Time For a New Look at the US Obsession Over Chinese Economic Influence in Africa?
A nation must think before it acts.
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The First Year of Conscription in Latvia
In July 2023, the first Latvians started their 11-month State Defense Service, as the recently reinstated conscription is called....
Technology Policy: Convergence and Crossroads in Biden vs. Trump 2.0
Since the mid-2010s, technology has been the topic du jour in Washington, DC policy circles. Trump’s crusade against Huawei...
Transcending Artificial Divisions: Closing the Gap Between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East
In the United States Strategy toward Sub-Saharan Africa, the Biden Administration declared transcending geographic seams to be a national...
Taiwan’s Mainstage Moment
In spring 2024, Taiwan took over the global mainstage, not because of the election and upcoming inauguration of President-elect...
Is the United States Losing the Sahel?
In 1949, when Mao Zedong’s Chinese Communist Party defeated Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang and proclaimed the People’s Republic of China,...
Government vs. the People in Georgia
In April of this year the Georgian government submitted to parliament a controversial “foreign agents law,” sparking massive anti-government...
US Policy in Northeast Syria: Toward a Strategic Reconfiguration
Amid escalating regional tensions since October 7 last year and reports of American contemplations of troop withdrawal from Syria,...
Mending Historical Memory: Improving People-to-People Ties Between Japan and South Korea
Japan-Korea relations, historically strained by disputes over historical memory, seem to be experiencing a cautious upswing. Despite the lingering...
Funding Deterrence: Breakdown of the Indo-Pacific Supplemental Bill
In October 2023, the White House requested emergency supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024 to provide additional aid to Ukraine, Israel,...