Category: The Forum
297 Articles
- Terrorism & Transnational Threats
Courting Kabul: How India’s Growing Relationship with the Taliban Threatens Regional Counterterrorism
When the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, in accordance with the 2020 Doha Agreement, the Western-backed Afghan government quickly collapsed,…
December 9, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Rebuilding Syria in Türkyie’s Image
After a 14-year civil war, the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria in December 2024 marked the collapse of a long-standing regional power dynamic and the emergence of…
November 29, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
A Biotech Blind Spot: If Both Eyes are on the Competition, None are at Home
The United States’ current approach to biotechnology investment and innovation is fragmented and focused on competing with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) thereby relegating…
November 28, 2025
- The Americas
PRC Academic Diplomacy in Latin America Demands a U.S. Response
In November 2024, Xi Jinping traveled to Peru for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. He joined Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to inaugurate a $3.5 billion deep-water…
November 26, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Report: At Georgetown, B’Tselem Outlines Evidence of Genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group argues that the October 7 Hamas attacks triggered a shift in state policy from repression to “destruction and annihilation,” calling the present“…
November 26, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Are Turkey and Israel on a Collision Course?
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has triggered two opposing sets of interests between Turkey and Israel. As a result, speculation is growing that Turkish-Israeli relations…
November 26, 2025
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Russia in the Sahel: How Wagner Promised Security and Delivered Chaos
Over the last five years, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have pivoted from Western influence, culminating in their expulsion of Western forces from their borders and embrace of…
November 24, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Syria After Assad: A Nation on Edge
Known formerly by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, militant-turned-statesman Ahmed al-Sharaa now presides over a fractured Syria struggling to define its future. His…
November 23, 2025
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
The United States’ Risky Gamble on Balochistan’s Critical Minerals
The United States and the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) global competition over critical mineral supply chains has arrived in a new destination: Balochistan, Pakistan. The U…
November 23, 2025
- Technology
Exporting the Great Firewall: The CCP’s Exposed Efforts to Spread Digital Authoritarianism
A massive September 2025 leak of data from the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) ‘Great Firewall’ offers the first verifiable technical evidence of how the Chinese Communist…
November 21, 2025