The People Are the Key: Irregular Warfare Success Story in the Philippines
Introduction The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, “turned the international order upside down” by showing the world that...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The People Are the Key: Irregular Warfare Success Story in the Philippines
A nation must think before it acts.
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Obscurity By Design: Competing Priorities for America’s China Policy
Introduction Few notes of concord survive contact with Donald Trump. Trump’s election in 2016 upended settled assumptions; one by...
Russia-China-North Korea Relations: Obstacles to a Trilateral Axis
Introduction Russia and China have had diplomatic relations with North Korea and each other for more than 75 years,...
Russia and China in the Indo-Pacific: China’s Use of the Instruments of Power
Introduction The first report in this series examined Chinese and Russian influence and interests in the Indo-Pacific region....
The Kremlin’s Balancing Act: The War’s Impact On Regional Power Dynamics
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government accelerated the preexisting trend of centralizing control over regional power...
Iraq’s Unfinished War: Security in the Post-Saddam Era
This report was initially presented as a paper at the Post-9/11 Irregular Warfare Lessons Learned Conference in Annapolis, Maryland...
Setting the Stage: An Overview of Chinese and Russian Interests and Influence in the Indo-Pacific
Introduction In late September, a US HC-103J Super Hercules spotted four foreign vessels operating about 440 miles southwest...
The Rise and Fall of Afghanistan’s Local Defense Forces
This report was initially presented as a paper at the Post-9/11 Irregular Warfare Lessons Learned Conference in Annapolis,...
What’s At Stake in Ukraine: European Security in a Broader Context
Executive Summary Virtually all of the commentary on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has focused on those two states...
Turkey’s Evolving Geopolitical Strategy in the Black Sea
Executive Summary Turkey’s strategic position between Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia places it at a pivotal crossroads...