The Quad: Form without Substance?
The declassification of the U.S. Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific in the waning days of the Trump administration stated...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Quad: Form without Substance?
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
The Crete Mirage: Why Rapprochement with Turkey May be a Long Way Off
After years of disagreement about Turkey’s purchase of a Russian-made S-400 air and missile system, Ankara has suggested that...
The Ryukyu Defense Line: Japan’s Response to China’s Naval Push into the Pacific Ocean
For most of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, the sea was the path over...
Africa: How Climate Change, Aid & Security Can Help President Biden Re-Engage Africa
Despite dire predictions, the Trump Administration's overall policy toward Africa represented continuity. Foreign aid continued; skilled diplomats were appointed...
Biden Faced His First Taiwan Test. Now What?
Only days after his inauguration on January 20, President Joseph Biden faced one of his first foreign policy tests...
German-Style Autonomous Nationalism Comes to the United States
On the Friday following his inauguration, President Joseph Biden ordered Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to conduct a...
Taking Flight: China, Japan, and South Korea Get Aircraft Carriers
Many naval theorists have heralded the end of the aircraft-carrier era. They argue that the advent of pervasive sensors...
Understanding the Wave of Normalization in the Middle East
Recent developments in the Middle East signify major, and positive, changes in regional dynamics and balances. Four Arab countries—the...
The Way Forward for the United States in Somalia
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) is on track to withdraw almost all U.S. forces from Somalia by January...
Does Africa Matter to the United States?
Most Americans generally have one of two images of Africa: a primitive home of famine, disease, and civil war,...