Waiting for the Documents: The Function of U.S. National and Defense Strategic Documents
We are anxiously awaiting the release of a new National Security Strategy (NSS) from the Biden administration, from which...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Waiting for the Documents: The Function of U.S. National and Defense Strategic Documents
A nation must think before it acts.
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You Better Believe That Africa Matters
The following was originally published in the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune. For too long in the West, primarily the United...
Is Democracy in Retreat in Africa?
In 1953, Rollo May, an American psychologist, wrote the following in his book Man’s Search for Himself: “ in...
The Significance of the Turkish Straits to the Russian Navy
Four days into the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine on February 27, 2022, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu declared...
China’s Rare Earth Metals Consolidation and Market Power
Rare earth metals or “rare earths,” a collection of 17 elements that are valued for their conductive and magnetic...
Introduction: The U.S. War against ISIS: How America and Its Allies Defeated the Caliphate
As the world has watched the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the likelihood of close military contact between the United...
Understanding Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Introduction On February 24, 2022 Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. In times of crisis, balanced, in-depth analysis and...
The U.S. Is Facing a Sputnik Moment in the International Economy
Beijing is ahead in the race for establishing a global digital currency standard At the Beijing Olympics—in addition to...
The Russian Navy in the Russia-Ukraine War Scare
Shortly after the conclusion of the Russian-Belarusian strategic Zapad-2021 exercise, open-source analysts, corroborated by U.S. intelligence findings, began reporting...
Turkey’s Careful and Risky Fence-Sitting between Ukraine and Russia
On February 3, 2022, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Kyiv, where he met with his Ukrainian counterpart,...