Category: Regions
190 Articles
- Europe & Central Asia
Romania’s Double Crisis: Fighting Interference, Losing Washington?
Romania made global headlines when, on 6 December 2024, its Constitutional Court unanimously decided to annul the results of the first round of the presidential elections on the…
March 25, 2026
- Europe & Central Asia
Poland, Not Paris, is the Answer for NATO’s Nuclear Deterrence Dilemma
In recent years, the nuclear calculus in Europe has shifted dramatically. Due predominantly to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the unpredictable and unreliable second Trump…
March 20, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
- News
The Impact of the Conflict Between the U.S., Israel, and Iran on Qatar
On Saturday, February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, killing the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his Tehran compound. Iran…
March 4, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
- News
Tipping Over Lykke’s Stool: How Trump’s Iran Campaign Exposes a Flawed Theory of Victory
In the core class SEST 5001 at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program, students examine strategy as a process, a product, and a theory, along with the characteristics…
March 3, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
Yemen’s Anti-Houthi Coalition Crisis
Yemen is amid one of the most eventful winters it has seen in years. Territorial control of the nation swung in extremes between December 2025 and January 2026, not between the…
February 28, 2026
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Will CPEC Weather the Growing Storm of Militant Violence?
Increasing militant violence in Pakistan, particularly attacks on People’s Republic of China (PRC) nationals and infrastructure, threatens the viability of the China-Pakistan…
February 28, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
A New Dawn in the Levant: How Growing Daylight Between the Israeli Government and the American People Could Change U.S. Middle East Policy
Popular American discontent with Israel—and the subsequent weakening of the Israel Lobby— presents an opportunity to reorient U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa )…
January 20, 2026
- Europe & Central Asia
From Russia, With Tokens: AI, Labor Shortages, and the Uncertain Prospect of Russia-PRC Cooperation
Despite Russia’s history of leveraging its large population for military advantage, a serious demographic crunch threatens Moscow’s ability to sustain a strong economy and the…
January 12, 2026
- Europe & Central Asia
What the Dutch Government’s Seizure of Nexperia Teaches Us About Political Risk Management
On September 30, the Dutch government became the first in Europe to effectively seize control of a company on national security grounds, invoking an obscure Cold War-era law to…
January 11, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
The 2025 Elections in the Kurdistan Region: Eroding Legitimacy, Strategic Fragmentation, and the Salafi Shift
On November 11, 2025, Iraq concluded its sixth parliamentary elections. In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), the ruling parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the…
January 4, 2026