Category: The Forum
297 Articles
- Intelligence & National Security
- The Americas
Psyche Under Siege: America’s Fading Sense of Reality
“Modern wars are waged on the level of consciousness and ideas” — Alexander Vladimirov, 2007. Russia has inherited a perception of truth that is malleable and changeable over,…
February 10, 2023
- Europe & Central Asia
- Race & Security
Reparations and Realpolitik: Lessons from Italy and Libya
The renewed interest in the consequences of colonialism worldwide sees former European colonial powers face increasing calls to pay reparations to the territories and people they…
February 8, 2023
- Technology
- The Americas
The Answers Are Already in Front of Us: On Russian Disinformation
When the Muller Report was released, America did not breathe a sigh of relief. It gasped for more air. Special Counsel Robert Muller did not find that members of the Trump…
February 3, 2023
- Environment and Biosecurity
- Gender, Identity, and Security
Feeding the Hungry with Feminist Theory
Food security, when every person has access to enough food to meet their dietary needs for a healthy lifestyle, is more important now than ever before. It’s estimated …
January 9, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Technology
Fusing Particles And Interests: The Geopolitics of Nuclear Fusion
On December 5th, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieved ignition, creating a nuclear reaction which generates more…
January 5, 2023
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Environment and Biosecurity
The Future of The Indo-Pacific Through the Lens of Demographics
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s ballistic missile launch on November 19 was not a typical launch test. What surprised the world that day was not its latest…
January 3, 2023
- Defense
- Technology
Run It Like A ‘Lean Startup:’ Why The DoD Acquisition System Should Embrace A Different Approach
On December 1, 2022, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin published a memo establishing the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), meant to provide necessary capital to…
December 30, 2022
- Gender, Identity, and Security
- Middle East & North Africa
All Eyes on Qatar: The Ethical Dilemma of Holding International Events in Countries with Poor Human Rights Records
Two weeks ago, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar kicked off — a decision that has drawn immense criticism since the Middle Eastern country was announced as the host nation in…
December 29, 2022
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Environment and Biosecurity
- The Americas
PRC’s Renewed Soft Power Strategy and U.S. Global Health Security Efforts in Latin America
When Joseph Nye coined the term “soft power” in 1990, he could not have known how strongly the People’s Republic of China (PRC) would buy into the concept; China’s leader Hu…
December 16, 2022
- Defense
Pride Before The Fall: The Return of Great-Power Hubris
Over the course of twenty years, three lead actors, and two reboots, one thing has remained consistent for the immensely popular Spider-Man film franchise: the iconic maxim, “…
December 12, 2022