Introduction to Iraq in Transition: Competing Actors & Complicated Politics
The Republic of Iraq has faced considerable challenges after the American-led invasion in 2003 to oust Saddam Hussein, ranging...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Introduction to Iraq in Transition: Competing Actors & Complicated Politics
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
The Growing Threat Posed by Accelerationism and Accelerationist Groups Worldwide
As the world is paralyzed by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some violent non-state actors have welcomed the...
The Streisand Effect Gets Geopolitical: China’s (Unintended) Amplification of Taiwan
The Streisand Effect, referring to “the act of trying to suppress information but simply making it more widespread as...
Securitization and Politics in the Israeli COVID-19 Response
While countries around the world continue to wrestle with how best to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Israel acted...
The Impact of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Few will escape the dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Latin America and the Caribbean are no exception....
Putin’s Coronavirus Economic Strategy
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two consequential addresses to the nation, delivered on March 25 and April 2, came weeks...
Rusal’s Bauxite Mine and Potential Russian Meddling in Guyana’s Election
On March 6, Guyana's main state-owned newspaper reported that three “persons with Russian background” had been deported for meddling...
Russia’s Confusing COVID-19 Response
The Moscow lockdown announced on March 29 is an unprecedented event in Russia’s post-Soviet history, as are the similar...
Political Warfare, Sharp Power, the U.S., and East Asia
Authoritarian regimes use the weapons of political warfare and the tools of sharp power to influence, and sometimes undermine,...
The Effect of COVID-19 on the U.S. Economy
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) rips through America’s biggest cities, its effect is being felt far beyond the over...