Category: Regions
190 Articles
- Europe & Central Asia
- Intelligence & National Security
Tip of the Spear: Analyzing Ukrainian Intelligence Operations Behind Russian Lines
Over the past two years, the gaze of the world has largely fixated on the stalemated nature of fighting on the ground in eastern and southern Ukraine. As successes and failures…
January 10, 2024
- Europe & Central Asia
La Bérézina: A Frenchman’s Review of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
I must confess that when Ridley Scott announced a new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte, I was overwhelmed with excitement. As a former student at King’s College London, I had seen…
January 2, 2024
- Defense
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Impossible to Break: Strengthening Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific with AUKUS
Announced in September 2021, AUKUS is a trilateral security partnership between the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The ‘big ticket’ is Australia’s…
December 29, 2023
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Can a Tiny Country Make a Difference in the Indo-Pacific?
Small, strategically located countries like Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, can play an outsized role in shaping international affairs and alliances. A country …
December 28, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Middle East & North Africa
A New Century: Turkey’s Pursuit of Regional Economic Power Upon its 100th Anniversary
On October 29th, Turkey celebrated the 100th anniversary of its establishment as a secular, Western-facing nation. However, since Ataturk’s founding of the…
December 18, 2023
- Defense
- Middle East & North Africa
A Growing Liability: Reevaluating U.S. Deployments in Iraq and Syria
Since the start of the Gaza Crisis nearly two months ago, Iranian-backed proxies have subjected approximately 3,400 American troops in Iraq and Syria to an almost constant…
December 7, 2023
- Gender, Identity, and Security
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia: How A Gendered Lens Can Help Food Aid Distribution
On November 14, 2023, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced its decision to partially resume a year-long food assistance trial period…
December 6, 2023
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
- Sub-Saharan Africa
De-Risking, The Lobito Corridor, and the United States’ Approach to African Development
Catalyzed by geopolitical competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is approaching issues like the…
December 5, 2023
- Europe & Central Asia
Taking Moscow Off the Air: Adapting to Russian Channels’ Ban in Lithuania
The use of information as a tool to influence foreign audiences is a tale as old as time. The creation and spread of technology may have amplified the process, but the …
November 30, 2023
- Defense
- The Americas
The Strategic Rationale for Brazil’s Nuclear Submarine Does Not Hold Water
As the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States continues to make headlines with its nuclear-powered submarines, another non…
November 21, 2023