The Evolution and Escalation of the Islamic State Threat to Mozambique
When Islamist insurgents laid siege to the coastal town of Palma in gas-rich northeastern Mozambique on March 24, leaving...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Evolution and Escalation of the Islamic State Threat to Mozambique
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
Palm Oil: Malaysian Economic Interests and Foreign Relations
The relative importance of the factors that drive Malaysian foreign policy has long been opaque. Historically, decisions have been...
Biden Takes on China
Future historians may well consider President Joseph Biden’s recent comments on China as a pivotal moment in the history...
Building Soft Power Back Better?
The Biden administration has multiple competing priorities: COVID-19 and its economic impacts, long-ignored racial fissures, and a growing tenuous...
China’s Two Sessions—And What They Mean for the United States
Every March, nearly 5,000 delegates descend on Beijing for the meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and...
Rosneft, Gazprom, and Russia’s Failure to Adopt Green Policies
The Russian Federation is on a collision course with climate change. In 2019, it ranked fourth in annual carbon...
The Jihad Legacy of World War I
Known as a pious Muslim, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said in 2015 that it is most difficult to...
Germany’s Transatlantic Ambiguities
Hopes for a spectacular relaunch of the European Union’s Franco-German “motor” after Brexit have thus far failed to materialize....
Reciprocity and Coercion: Ending the Downturn in U.S.-Iran Relations
Just days after the United States struck Iranian-linked targets in Syria, militia members fired a volley of rockets at...
Beyond Oil: Lithium-Ion Battery Minerals and Energy Security
Oil has long dominated concerns about energy security because oil products have fueled nearly all of the world’s transportation...