Category: The Forum

297 Articles

Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Problem with America’s Africa Strategy: What is Wrong and How to Fix It

It’s been two months since the Biden administration unveiled its “Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa” and two months remain until the administration hosts the U.S.-Africa…

October 25, 2022

Environment and Biosecurity

Health On The (Red) Line: Recentering Malaria In Climate Change Discourse 

The second most deadly animal in the world is the human; the first is the mosquito. Different species of mosquitoes transmit parasitic infections, such as Zika virus, West…

October 21, 2022

East Asia & Indo-Pacific

Reversing Strategic Neglect: The U.S.-Pacific Islands Country Summit

On September 28-29, the United States hosted the historic US-Pacific Islands Country Summit in Washington, DC. The event marked the first summit between the U.S. and…

October 18, 2022

Gender, Identity, and Security
Intelligence & National Security

Advancing A Feminist Approach To National Security

Over the first two years of the Biden administration, multiple geopolitical flashpoints—including the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the protests of “Russian mothers” against…

October 17, 2022

East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Gender, Identity, and Security

China’s Dismissal of #MeToo as a Tool of Western Influence Harms Women

The #MeToo movement empowered women all across the globe to speak out against sexual harassment, including in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Yet progress in China has…

October 14, 2022

Defense
Europe & Central Asia
Technology

Tipping The Scales: The Use of Drones in the Russia-Ukraine War

While Russia’s military capabilities were overestimated, analysts failed to predict just how effective Ukraine’s adoption of asymmetric capabilities would be. Drones are making…

October 13, 2022

Middle East & North Africa

Preserving Legitimacy Through Transition: Lessons from the Republic of Yemen

On April 7, 2022, the leader of the internationally recognized government of Yemen, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, announced his abdication and transferred his powers to a…

October 12, 2022

Europe & Central Asia
The Americas

From Russia With Love: The State of Russia’s Influence in the Western Hemisphere Post-Ukraine

On March 2, 2022, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution to reprimand Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Of the 181 member states that took part in the,…

October 11, 2022

Technology

Fractured Authorities Equal Shattered Satellites: Reforming Space Traffic Management

We don’t need the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The U.S. military has the radar to track aircraft and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has the spectrum to…

October 4, 2022

Defense

The Line of Duty: Empowering The Early Commission Program

On a clear summer’s day in August 2021, a singular Blackhawk helicopter landed on Fort Knox’s Brooks Field. Volleys of cannon fire rang out, campaign streamers rose, and the band…

September 9, 2022