Political Stability Must Top Japan’s Leadership Agenda
Having won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election on October 4, Sanae Takaichi is set to be Japan’s...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Political Stability Must Top Japan’s Leadership Agenda
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
The African Growth and Opportunity Act is No More
In addition to a US Government shutdown at midnight on September 30, 2025, due to failure to pass a...
AUKUS Still Has a Virginia Problem
In a move that has likely led to sighs of relief in London and Canberra, the Trump administration has...
China’s Closing Window: Strategic Compression and the Risk of Crisis
When Beijing dispatched a relatively unknown rear admiral from its National Defense University to the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue, bypassing...
America’s Scale Problem
There is a peculiar irony in watching the world’s most technologically advanced military struggle with something as basic as...
The Return of Subic Bay
Subic Bay is back in American planning. Although described by the crew of the USS Fulton in 1945 as...
Glimmers of Optimism: Evaluating Taiwan’s Evolving Political Landscape
Since President Lai Ching-te was inaugurated in May 2024, Taiwan’s domestic politics have been in relative turmoil. Large-scale protests,...
Lessons from Burkina Faso’s Fight Against al-Qaeda and the Islamic State
Introduction Jihadist insurgencies in Burkina Faso began in 2016-2017 and have escalated dramatically since 2019. Between 2018 and 2024,...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A Regional Destabilizer or a New Model for African Development?
On September 9, 2025, the government of Ethiopia officially inaugurated Africa’s largest dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)....
Europe Should Buy and Integrate APKWS Rockets For Drone Defense
In the early morning hours on September 10, more than a dozen Russian target drones crossed into Polish airspace,...