Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2021?
The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways. Just three days into the year, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2021?
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
No Exit: The Illusion of Leaving Afghanistan
For the youngest U.S. soldiers, America is about apple pie, Abe Lincoln, and Afghanistan. They have never known a...
Compromise or Double Down: U.S.-Turkey Relations after CAATSA Sanctions
On December 14, the Trump administration sanctioned Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industry (SSB), along with key individuals involved in...
Measuring Soft Power
“But does it work?” is a simple, seemingly straightforward question that, unfortunately, is not asked (or answered) nearly enough...
The China Challenge after 2020
The most urgent and immediate issues facing President-elect Joseph Biden will be domestic ones. Still, foreign policy will inevitably...
How Belarus’ Soviet Past Led to its Modern-Day IT Success
Following a February 2020 visit to Minsk, an inspired Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted his optimism regarding the...
Born Again: Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force Revitalization
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), as it is officially known, is one of the world’s most powerful navies. Its...
Why China’s Vision for a Global Yuan Trampled Ant Group’s IPO
To get rich may be glorious, but it can also be perilous, particularly if your business model clashes with...
China’s New Pressure on Taiwan in the South China Sea
In October 2020, Hong Kong’s air traffic control denied a Taiwanese flight access to Pratas Island, a Taiwan-occupied feature...
The Realist Victory in Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia’s accession to a Russian-mediated settlement with Azerbaijan over their long-running conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh to Armenians,...