China Continues to Deepen its Political Influence in Georgia
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s recent visit to China and his meeting with President Xi Jinping heralded the establishment of a strategic partnership...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
China Continues to Deepen its Political Influence in Georgia
A nation must think before it acts.
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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...
The Folly of Merging the Indo-Pacific and Europe
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States has embarked upon an ambitious endeavor: containing...
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...
Government Push for Champions Could Have Firms Champing at the Bit
Capitalists of the world unite! You have everything to lose, especially your supply chains. Just about a month ago,...
The Primacy Trap
In the 2010s, the global landscape changed. The Arab Spring, the Russian occupation of Crimea, and China’s national security...
Geography, Bureaucracy, and National Security: The New Map
Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series on America’s national security system. The first article considers...
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...
China, Afghanistan, and the Allure of ‘Green Mineral Development’
There is a growing consensus that the “green transition” or “clean energy transition” to low-carbon technologies will require a...
Editor’s Corner Summer 2023
In the spring 1958 issue of Orbis, Robert Strausz-Hupé, Alvin J. Cottrell, James E. Dougherty and Virgil Ney grappled...