Category: The Forum
297 Articles
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Space Situational Awareness: A Priority for Emerging Space Nations in Southeast Asia
The rise of space activity in Southeast Asia makes enhancing space situational awareness (SSA) crucial for safe operations in space. SSA prevents collisions by monitoring,…
November 20, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Iranian Regime Survival Through Currency Reform
Since 2023, Iran’s proxy network—the country’s primary forward defense strategy—has significantly declined through consistent Israeli campaigns. This degradation culminated…
November 15, 2025
- Europe & Central Asia
A Central Asian Solution? Implications of a New Afghanistan Contact Group
On August 26, 2025, special representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan gathered in Tashkent to establish a new Afghanistan Contact Group. While the…
November 15, 2025
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
The Human Cost of a Digital Crime Boom in Southeast Asia
On October 14, the United States officially designated an online scam network based in Cambodia as a transnational criminal organization, imposing sweeping sanctions on over 100…
November 9, 2025
- Technology
Authoritarian Learning: The Russia-PRC Convergence in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has transformed the drone from a reconnaissance tool into the centerpiece of twenty-first-century warfare. What began as a small-scale improvisation on both…
November 5, 2025
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Cloaked in a Cause: Madagascar’s ‘Gen Z’ Protests and the Inadvertent Preservation of Power
Although the October 2025 military coup in Madagascar occurred within a broader context of social upheaval and youth political participation, observers should refrain from…
October 31, 2025
- Defense
U.S. Naval Construction is Adrift: It’s Time to Course-Correct
On October 13, 2025, the U.S. Navy celebrated its 250th anniversary, an occasion as fitting for reflection on its distinguished past as for discussion about its future. As the U.…
October 31, 2025
- Defense
The Collapse of 3.0: Rethinking Marine Amphibious Power in the Indo-Pacific
In March 2025, Marine Corps Commandant General Eric Smith testified before Congress that only 13 of the Corps’ 32 amphibious ships were seaworthy. Deferred maintenance,…
October 29, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
Beijing’s Strategic Window in the Russian Arctic
Climate change will radically alter the Arctic landscape, creating new opportunities and liabilities for every Arctic state. Moscow, in particular, views less ice coverage as an…
October 27, 2025
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
Off the Radar: The Success of Russia’s Maritime Sanctions Evasion Network
The global sanctions regime now faces an unprecedented test: Russia’s maritime evasion network. While other adversarial states such as Iran and North Korea employ complex…
October 27, 2025