How Is the Philippines Preparing for Conflict in the South China Sea?
On February 2, 2023, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III announced the temporary return of American troops to four new...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
How Is the Philippines Preparing for Conflict in the South China Sea?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Honduras Ditches Taiwan for China
In March 2023, China signed a joint communique with the Honduran Foreign Ministry declaring that “Taiwan is an inalienable...
Empowering Iraq: The $27 Billion Deal for Iraq’s Energy Sufficiency
This past July, Iraq and France’s TotalEnergies finalized the Gas Growth Integrated Project, a $27 billion energy deal aimed...
UAE and France: A Key, and Challenging, Relationship
On January 17, 2022, a little after 10 a.m., the Iranian-aligned Houthis in Yemen carried out a surprise, deadly...
Another Washington Declaration: US Nuclear Weapons on the Korean Peninsula
Sending Kentucky to Korea On July 18, 2023, the USS Kentucky, an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, docked in Busan,...
China’s Global Island-Hopping Strategy
Not since the Cuban missile crisis have island nations played such critical pieces on the geopolitical chessboard. Recent intelligence...
America Should Pay Attention to Anti-China Sentiment in South Korea
South Korea is no stranger to walking the tightrope between the United States and China. In terms of foreign...
In Reverse: Natural Gas and Politics in the Maghreb and Europe
Morocco made a surprising announcement last year, on July 5, 2022. The Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, which had up until...
Upholding Civil Society in Afghanistan Against the Taliban Regime
Following a twenty-year war shrouded in bloodshed, the United States military pursued a messy withdrawal from Afghanistan in August...
ASEAN in 2023: What to Expect
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional organization consisting of ten Southeast Asian member states. Established...