Grasslands to Global Stage: The Geopolitics of Mongolia
Mongolia is the least densely populated country on Earth. A semi-nomadic society situated in northern Asia’s grassy steppes and...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Grasslands to Global Stage: The Geopolitics of Mongolia
A nation must think before it acts.
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Africa Faces the Unintended Consequences of Relying on Russian PMCs
Over the past decade, the Wagner Group made significant inroads across the African continent. Despite the death of its...
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...
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,...