India’s Neutrality and Strategic Relations with China, Russia, and the West
India has long prided itself on its strategically independent or non-aligned foreign policy. But the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian War has...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
India’s Neutrality and Strategic Relations with China, Russia, and the West
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
Food Prices, Elections, and the Wagner Group in Africa
Despite its battlefield failures, Russia has dealt a surprising blow to an unexpected party: world food markets. Russia’s invasion...
Strategies Behind China and the Asia-Pacific’s Military Base Construction
Military bases are no rarity in the Asia-Pacific. That is hardly a surprise given the frequency and length of...
The China Initiative and its Implications for American Universities
In a speech on Chinese threats to U.S. national security on January 31, the Director of the Federal Bureau...
Ukraine War Sparks Suspicion over Russia’s Designs on Kazakhstan
For all its years of independence, Kazakhstan has worried about Russian irredentist dreams of Kazakh territory. Following Russia’s invasion...
Do Russians Really “Long for War” in Ukraine?
Since February 24, the day that Russian troops invaded Ukraine, the issue of the Russian people’s attitudes toward the...
Rare Earths, Scarce Metals, and the Struggle for Supply Chain Security
Alerted to their vulnerability on rare earths (REEs) when China threatened to withhold supplies to Japan in September 2010,...
Securing and Protecting Bosnia Amidst Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
The Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine has renewed worries that the country will use its proxies in Bosnia and...
Kadyrov’s Ukraine Gamble
A series of bizarre theatrics involving Russian President Vladimir Putin’s close circles preceded his decision to invade Ukraine on...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Meets Slowing Global Trade
During the early 2010s, developing countries were keen to get in on the global trade boom that brought prosperity...