The Technological Pivot of History: Power in the Age of Exponential Innovation
Just as Halford Mackinder, in his seminal work The Geographical Pivot of History, argued that control over the Eurasian...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Technological Pivot of History: Power in the Age of Exponential Innovation
A nation must think before it acts.
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China’s Two Meetings and What They Mean for the United States
On the first Monday in March 2024, delegates—nearly 3,000 to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and over 2,000 to...
The Fire That Didn’t Burn: Transnistria’s Unanswered Call for Russian Support
On February 28, the legislature of Transnistria, a pro-Russia, de facto independent state internationally recognized as part of Moldova,...
The “Day After” in Gaza: Bridging the American and Israeli Visions
The divisions between Israel and the United States over the Gaza War seem to have deepened in the aftermath...
From Protests to Prosecutions: A Tale of Modern Hong Kong
“This is how the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper.” The most famous line from...
Conflict in Gaza: The Law of War and Irregular Warfare in Urban Terrain
Note from Philip Wasielewski, director of FPRI’s Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare: The conflict in...
Putin’s Warped Idea of Russian History
The total wartime losses of Russia and Ukraine are difficult to estimate. Neither country publishes accurate data, exaggerating the...
NATO Needs to Get Serious at Seventy-Five
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently arrived in Washington seeking to persuade the White House and Congress to successfully...
The Visegrád Four: Disunity in Central Europe
When the Russian army rolled into Ukraine in late February of 2022, it was clear that the invasion would...
The Special Relationship Is Dead: Bring Back British Statecraft
Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a series on the future of US-UK relations. The second article...