Category: The Forum
297 Articles
- Middle East & North Africa
The Kurdish Question: What’s Behind Erdogan’s Policy U-Turn?
At the end of a parliamentary session in early October this year, Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli—a key ally of the ruling Justice and Development…
December 9, 2024
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Environment and Biosecurity
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Future of Indonesia’s Climate Security
Indonesia ranks among the world’s top carbon emitters, contributing significantly to global emissions. Simultaneously, Indonesia is among the countries most susceptible to the…
December 6, 2024
- Middle East & North Africa
The Price of Posturing: How Domestic Audience Costs Fuel Israel-Iran Escalation
The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran reveals a deadly paradox: though both nations might benefit from restraint, each is compelled by internal pressures to appear…
December 4, 2024
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Wolf Warrior 2.0: Rising Chinese Assertiveness As A Response To The PRC’s Economic Slowdown
Severely impacted by its zero-Covid policy during the pandemic and the subsequent myriad of economic obstacles, the economy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) appears to…
December 2, 2024
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Race & Security
Left Behind: The Rohingya Crisis and the World’s Failure to Act
The Rohingya, Myanmar’s Muslim minority, face what the United Nations has termed a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” Despite this strong condemnation,…
November 25, 2024
- Europe & Central Asia
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
A Dragon Lurking in the Black Sea: Does The United States Have A Counteroffer to the PRC’s Strategic Toolbox?
Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has transformed the Black Sea region from a power vacuum into a theater of war. While Ukraine inflicted substantial …
November 22, 2024
- Defense
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Lifelines: Supporting Logistics in the Indo-Pacific with Technical Interoperability
The pivot to Asia and increased great power competition continue to shift U.S. interests toward the Indo-Pacific—with the U.S. prioritizing the economic and security…
November 20, 2024
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
“Friend-Shoring:” A Collaborative Industrial Strategy to Solve Geostrategic Challenges
On July 11, the White House announced the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact), a trilateral partnership between the United States, Canada, and Finland to…
November 18, 2024
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Technology
The Double-Edged Sword: Opportunities and Risks of AI in Biosecurity
Biosecurity has an AI problem. And AI has a biosecurity problem. According to some scientists, engineers, and AI specialists, the use of artificial intelligence in the…
November 15, 2024
- The Americas
A Dangerous Alliance: China, Venezuela, and the Twilight of Democracy in Latin America
In Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro has stolen yet another presidential election. After the general election on July 28th, the Democratic Unity Platform (PUD) opposition party published…
November 13, 2024