Category: The Forum
297 Articles
- Europe & Central Asia
- Middle East & North Africa
Türkiye’s Claim for Regional Leadership: Key Takeaways from the 2025 Antalya Diplomacy Forum
The world is in shambles. Can diplomacy mend what is broken? This was the central question underpinning the fourth edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF),…
April 19, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Small State Empowerment Through Power Competition: Qatari Hedging Between Iran and Saudi Arabia
A small peninsula nation in the Persian Gulf, Qatar geostrategically straddles Iran and Saudi Arabia’s power competition in the Middle East. Qatar navigates this…
April 18, 2025
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Intelligence & National Security
The Global Security Initiative in Action: Beijing’s Military Footprint in Central Asia
Central Asia’s strategic importance—with its abundant energy resources and geographic position between major powers—has long made it a focal point for geopolitical competition.…
April 16, 2025
- The Americas
Book Review — Purpose and Power: U.S. Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present
In his latest work, Donald Stoker tackles a question many in the fields of military strategy and international relations may be asking themselves: What is the United States’…
April 11, 2025
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Terrorism & Transnational Threats
The Transnational Smuggling Fueling Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an escalation in fighting between the Congolese armed forces and Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement (M23) rebels has brought the…
April 10, 2025
- Environment and Biosecurity
Pandemic Roulette: Risks and Rewards of Virological Gain-of-Function Research
It all starts with a handful of unexplained fevers. A lab technician in a high-security research facility begins feeling ill but dismisses it as a mild case of the flu.…
March 31, 2025
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- The Americas
Protecting Antarctica: Why Latin America Matters in U.S. Polar Strategy
The current Antarctic governance lacks sufficient enforcement mechanisms to prevent violations amid growing geopolitical and economic interests on the continent. While scientific…
March 28, 2025
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Global Korea: South Korea Should Double Down on a Global Role in the Era of Trump
The inauguration of President Donald Trump nearly coincided with a constitutional crisis in South Korea, formally known as the ROK. Former ROK President Yoon Suk Yeol imposed a…
March 26, 2025
- Intelligence & National Security
- Technology
Cyber Risk Manipulation: A Powerful Tool for U.S. Offensive Operations
The second Trump administration taking office initiated a renewed conversation about the utility of cyber deterrence as a policy to secure U.S. critical systems from. …
March 25, 2025
- Terrorism & Transnational Threats
- The Americas
Sovereignty Under Siege: The Geostrategic Imperative of U.S. Action on Cartels
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States emerged as the chief architect and enforcer of a rules-based international order, promoting stability, law, and democratic…
March 18, 2025