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November 09, 2023
The Dragon and the Bear in Africa: Stress-Testing Chinese-Russian Relations
By: Robert E. Hamilton -
November 06, 2023
Australia and India’s New Military Bases: Responses to China’s Naval Presence in the Indian Ocean
By: Felix K. Chang -
November 01, 2023
Between Swords of Iron and the Al Aqsa Deluge: The Regional Politics of the Israel-Hamas War
By: Brandon Friedman, Joshua Krasna -
October 27, 2023
Iran and the ‘Axis of Resistance’ Vastly Improved Hamas’s Operational Capabilities
By: Colin P. Clarke -
October 23, 2023
Hamas Allegations Threaten Another Breakdown in US-South Africa Ties
By: Michael Walsh -
October 19, 2023
Takeaways from Russia’s Regional and Municipal Elections
By: András Tóth-Czifra -
September 28, 2023
Why the West Should Stick with Conventional Arms Control in Europe for Now
By: Gabriela Iveliz Rosa-Hernandez, Alexander Graef -
September 21, 2023
The Frontline States: Conversations and Observations About Russia’s Other War in Europe
By: Philip Wasielewski -
September 15, 2023
The Eagle in the South Caucasus: Armenia Tests Alternative Geopolitical Waters
By: Walter Landgraf, Nareg Seferian -
September 06, 2023
Wagner’s Head is Dead, Now Bury the Body
By: Marcel Plichta, Christopher Faulkner, Raphael Parens -
August 31, 2023
Biden’s Bombs: The Dance of Ethics and Interests
By: Dominic Tierney -
August 29, 2023
Russian Disinformation in Africa: No Door on this Barn
By: Dan Whitman -
August 25, 2023
Fighting to Win: Ukraine, Russia, and the War for Survival
By: Philip Wasielewski -
August 25, 2023
Biden’s Middle East Balancing Act: Iran’s Nuclear Program and Saudi-Israeli Ties
By: Leon Hadar -
July 31, 2023
Russia’s Nuclear Policy After Ukraine
By: Stephen Blank -
July 24, 2023
Autonomy Curbed? Kurdish Oil Exports Hit Snags from Turkey and Baghdad
By: Joshua Krasna -
July 03, 2023
New Canal Threatens the Peace Between the Taliban and Central Asia
By: Bruce Pannier -
June 30, 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Critical Vulnerabilities to Russia’s Military Operations and Systems
By: Rob Lee, Philip Wasielewski -
June 21, 2023
The Long Game: Saudi Arabia and Professional Golf
By: Sean L. Yom -
June 19, 2023
Water and Climate Change Will Shape Iraq-Turkey Relations
By: Mohammed A. Salih -
June 13, 2023
When Diplomats Are Undiplomatic
By: Charles Ray -
June 05, 2023
Erdoğan’s Syria Policy: Continuation of the Status Quo?
By: Sinem Adar -
May 25, 2023
Stress-Testing Chinese-Russian Relations
By: Robert E. Hamilton -
May 19, 2023
The Shah’s Son and the Future of Iranian Opposition
By: Lior Sternfeld -
May 12, 2023
The War as an Accelerator
By: András Tóth-Czifra -
April 30, 2023
Russia’s Military Industry Forecast 2023-2025
By: Pavel Luzin -
April 27, 2023
The Wagner Group’s Expanding Global Footprint
By: Raphael Parens, Colin P. Clarke, Christopher Faulkner, Kendal Wolf -
April 21, 2023
What America Can Learn from France’s Mistakes in Africa
By: Komlan Avoulete -
April 18, 2023
Big Changes in United Arab Emirates Foreign Policy
By: Joshua Krasna -
March 31, 2023
The Roots of Russian Military Dysfunction
By: Philip Wasielewski -
March 30, 2023
Democracy Promotion After the Iraq War
By: Sarah Bush -
March 30, 2023
Hegemony, Democracy, and the Legacy of the Iraq War
By: Sean Yom -
March 30, 2023
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Learning Lessons from a Lost War
By: Heather S. Gregg -
March 28, 2023
Jordan: Another Peak in a Multi-Year Crisis
By: Joshua Krasna -
March 23, 2023
China Is Finally Making Progress on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway
By: Niva Yau -
February 20, 2023
Moscow’s Mind Games: Finding Ideology in Putin’s Russia
By: Olga Khvostunova -
February 17, 2023
Russia Is Down, But Not Out, in Central Asia
By: Maximilian Hess -
February 17, 2023
Russia Is Down, But Not Out, in Central Asia
By: Maximilian Hess -
February 15, 2023
Putin the Green? The Unintended Consequences of Russia’s Energy War on Europe
By: Mitchell Orenstein -
February 10, 2023
Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey Could Fundamentally Alter the Political Landscape
By: James Ryan -
February 01, 2023
Turkey’s New Foreign Policy: Ankara’s Ambitions, Regional Responses, and Implications for the United States
By: Aaron Stein -
January 06, 2023
On the Horns of a Dilemma: Will Corruption Bring Down the Chinese Communist Party?
By: George A. B. Peirce -
January 04, 2023
Japan’s New National Security Strategy Is Making Waves
By: Ryan Ashley -
December 22, 2022
US-Africa Leaders Summit: New Beginning or Old Wine in a New Bottle?
By: Charles A. Ray -
December 20, 2022
Will Russia Survive Until 2084?
By: Philip Wasielewski -
December 13, 2022
Iran and the United Nations: Breaking New Ground at the Human Rights Council, Is the Commission for the Status of Women Next?
By: Neda Bolourchi -
December 06, 2022
Iranian Jews in Israel, Protests, and the Palestinians
By: Lior Sternfeld -
December 05, 2022
America’s Great-Power Challenge: Managing Russia’s Decline and China’s Rise
By: Thomas F. Lynch III -
November 29, 2022
Putin Is Doing Xi’s Dirty Work (and the West Is Helping Him)
By: William R. Spiegelberger -
November 28, 2022
Ecological Path to Peace Is Possible in Ukraine
By: Saleem H. Ali -
November 14, 2022
Filling the Geopolitical Void in Central Asia
By: Bruce Pannier -
November 09, 2022
The Art of the Possible: Minimizing Risks as a New European Order Takes Shape
By: Gabriela Iveliz Rosa-Hernandez -
August 23, 2022
Afghanistan After Zawahiri: America's Counterterrorism Options in the New South Asia
By: Philip Wasielewski -
June 15, 2022
Security Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean
By: Leah Pedro, Aaron Stein -
June 09, 2022
The Evolving Political-Military Aims in the War in Ukraine After 100 Days
By: Philip Wasielewski -
May 25, 2022
Reviving the Prospects for Coercive Diplomacy in Ukraine
By: Sean Monaghan -
May 13, 2022
Northern Afghanistan and the New Threat to Central Asia
By: Bruce Pannier -
May 09, 2022
The Rise of Sino-Russian Biotech Cooperation
By: Svitlana Lebedenko -
April 08, 2022
Appraising the War in Ukraine and Likely Outcomes
By: Philip Wasielewski -
April 01, 2022
China's Security Management Towards Central Asia
By: Niva Yau Tsz Yan -
March 23, 2022
Serbia on Edge
By: Richard Kraemer -
March 21, 2022
Control, Development, Legitimacy, and the 2024 Problem: Russia Two Years Before the End of Putin's 4th Term
By: András Tóth-Czifra -
March 18, 2022
The Wagner Group's Playbook in Africa: Mali
By: Raphael Parens -
March 09, 2022
Correlates of Politics and Economics: How Chinese Investment in Africa Changes Political Influence
By: Carla D. Jones, Mengge Li, Hermann A. Ndofor -
March 07, 2022
How the Intervention in Kazakhstan Revitalized the Russian-led CSTO
By: Bruce Pannier -
February 23, 2022
Electronic Warfare: Russia's Approach
By: Pavel Luzin -
January 27, 2022
Russian Perceptions of Military AI, Automation, and Autonomy
By: Anna Nadibaidze -
January 21, 2022
How Will China Respond to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis?
By: Chris Miller -
January 12, 2022
Turkey's Response to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
By: Aaron Stein -
January 06, 2022
A 'Bright Path' Forward or a Grim Dead End? The Political Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in Kazakhstan
By: Anton Louthan -
December 15, 2021
Strategic Connectivity in the Black Sea: A Focus on Georgia
By: Batu Kutelia, Vasil Sikharulidze -
November 18, 2021
Even Thieves Need a Safe: Why the Putin Regime Causes, Deplores, and Yet Relies on Capital Flight for its Survival
By: William Spiegelberger -
September 15, 2021
Zapad 2021 and Russia’s Potential for Warfighting
By: Johan Norberg, Natalie Simpson -
September 14, 2021
Engaging Russia over Syria: Managing Peripheral Conflict and Narrowing Interests
By: Aaron Stein -
September 09, 2021
Where are the Carriers? U.S. National Strategy and the Choices Ahead
By: John F. Lehman -
August 23, 2021
Russia’s Coercive Diplomacy: Why Did the Kremlin Mass Its Forces Near Ukraine This Spring?
By: Rob Lee -
July 29, 2021
Reconceptualizing Lithuania’s Importance for U.S. Foreign Policy
By: Nikolas Gvosdev -
July 27, 2021
How to Recalibrate U.S. Policy in the Middle East
By: Douglas A. Ollivant -
May 13, 2021
Russia’s Nuclear Activity in 2020: A Show of Strength Despite COVID-19
By: Maxim Starchak -
April 20, 2021
Re-Thinking Assumptions for a 21st Century Middle East
By: Douglas A. Ollivant -
April 08, 2021
Cooperation, Competition, and Compartmentalization: Russian-Turkish Relations and Their Implications for the West
By: Robert E. Hamilton, Anna Mikulska -
March 15, 2021
Labs over Fabs: How the U.S. Should Invest in the Future of Semiconductors
By: Chris Miller, Jordan Schneider, Danny Crichton -
February 23, 2021
The Institutional Structure of “New Turkey”
By: Selim Koru -
December 17, 2020
The Russian Way of War in Syria: Implications for the West
By: Robert E. Hamilton -
December 15, 2020
Iraq in Transition: Competing Actors and Complicated Politics
By: Aaron Stein -
December 11, 2020
Continuity and Change in Iraq’s Sunni Politics: Sunni Arab Political Trends, Factions, and Personalities Since 2014
By: Kirk H. Sowell -
November 24, 2020
Economic Interests, Political Conflicts, and External Interferences: The Complex Interlocking of the Libyan Crisis
By: Karim Mezran, Alessia Melcangi -
November 19, 2020
A Plan to End the War in Syria: Competing with Russia in the Levant
By: Aaron Stein -
November 13, 2020
The Realist Victory in Nagorno-Karabakh
By: Maximilian Hess -
October 28, 2020
Russian Naval Forces in the Syrian War
By: Igor Delanoe -
October 26, 2020
Russian Aerial Operations
By: Anton Lavrov -
October 07, 2020
China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Elements—and Why We Should Care
By: June Teufel Dreyer -
October 05, 2020
The Russian Ground-Based Contingent in Syria
By: Charles Bartles, Lester Grau -
October 02, 2020
Georgia’s Doomed Deep-Sea Port Ambitions: Geopolitics of the Cancelled Anaklia Project
By: Maximilian Hess, Maia Otarashvili -
September 24, 2020
Malta, Italy, and Mediterranean Migration: A Long History and an Ongoing Issue
By: Leslie Rogne Schumacher -
September 21, 2020
The Hunt for Mobile Missiles: Nuclear Weapons, AI, and the New Arms Race
By: Paul Bracken -
August 31, 2020
Russia’s Struggle to Gain Influence in Southeast Asia
By: Bennett Murray -
August 27, 2020
U.S. Troops Injured in Altercation with Russian Forces: What It Means for the War in Syria
By: Robert E. Hamilton -
August 21, 2020
The Role of Russian Private Military Contractors in Africa
By: Anna Borshchevskaya -
July 30, 2020
COVID-19 and Authoritarian Regimes: China vs. Russia
By: Yaroslav Shevchenko -
July 29, 2020
No Sanctuary: China’s New Territorial Dispute with Bhutan
By: Felix Chang -
July 02, 2020
“Engaged Opportunism”: Russia’s Role in the Horn of Africa
By: Samuel Ramani -
June 29, 2020
The Implications of Withdrawing American Troops from Germany
By: Alexander Luck -
June 11, 2020
The Geopolitics of Post-Brexit Britain
By: Geoffrey Sloan -
May 22, 2020
Social Distancing: Australia’s Relations with China
By: Felix Chang -
May 12, 2020
The Swiss Model vs. Swedish Model in Dealing with China
By: Joseph de Weck -
April 27, 2020
Lack of Demand: The Coronavirus Pandemic and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
By: Felix Chang -
April 01, 2020
The Future of the Kurdistan Region after the Defeat of ISIS and the Failure of the 2017 Independence Referendum
By: Pishko Shamsi -
March 30, 2020
Making Sense of the Sadrists: Fragmentation and Unstable Politics
By: Benedict Robin-D'Cruz, Renad Mansour -
March 13, 2020
What To Do about Idlib
By: Adam Garfinkle -
February 19, 2020
What North Korea’s Coronavirus Measures Say About Its System
By: Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein -
January 21, 2020
Narrowing Interests in the Middle East: Planning for Great Power Competition
By: Aaron Stein -
January 21, 2020
Can Oman Survive Its Own Neighborhood After the Death of Sultan Qaboos?
By: Louisa Keeler -
January 16, 2020
The Future of the Kuomintang in Taiwan: Reform, Recalibrate, or Stay the Course?
By: Thomas J. Shattuck -
December 18, 2019
Russian Private Military Companies: Continuity and Evolution of the Model
By: Anna Borshchevskaya -
November 06, 2019
Transitional Justice in Taiwan: A Belated Reckoning with the White Terror
By: Thomas J. Shattuck -
October 24, 2019
Five Years of War in Donbas
By: Robert E. Hamilton -
October 04, 2019
Russia's Central American Engagement
By: Ivan Ulises Klyszcz -
September 01, 2019
It’s Not Too Late for Rojava
By: Edward Hunt -
September 01, 2019
The NBA’s China Fiasco Shows What Businesses Really Value
By: Brian Wakamo -
June 01, 2019
Geopolitics, Sanctions, and Russian Sovereign Debt Since the Annexation of Crimea
By: Max Hess -
June 01, 2019
Anatomy of a Muddle: U.S. Sanctions against Rusal and Oleg Deripaska
By: William Spiegelberger -
June 01, 2019
Under Pressure: Russian Energy Cooperation with Japan and South Korea since Western Sanctions
By: Maria Shagina -
June 01, 2019
Russia in Venezuela: Geopolitical Boon or Economic Misadventure?
By: Max Hess -
May 01, 2019
China’s Black Sea Ambitions
By: Yevgen Sautin -
February 01, 2019
Why Did Greece Turn Against Russia?
By: Dimitar Bechev -
January 01, 2019
The Sources of Post-Soviet Conduct
By: William Spiegelberger -
December 01, 2018
Rebuilding Iraq’s Public Works Infrastructure Following the Defeat of ISIS
By: Frank R. Gunter -
June 01, 2018
The Resiliency of Turkey-Russia Relations
By: Selim Koru -
January 01, 2018
Debt and Discontent: The Collapse of the Putin Consensus?
By: Christopher Jarmas -
May 12, 2017
Tolerating the “Intolerable Partner:” Once Shunned, Bulgaria’s United Patriots Joins the Governing Coalition
By: John R. Haines -
May 10, 2017
President Macron’s France: Between Internal Turmoil and External Crossroads
By: Hajnalka Vincze -
May 09, 2017
The Future of Mexico, Part II: As Mexico City Turns
By: David Danelo -
May 01, 2017
The First Hundred Days: Trump Meets Asia...and Reality
By: June Teufel Dreyer -
April 24, 2017
Can a Hydra Ever Be a Good Pet? Federal Information Technology Modernization’s Likely Failure
By: Lawrence Husick -
April 17, 2017
Birds of a Feather: As Viktor Orbán’s Cronies Unload on President Trump, Orbán Sidles Up to President Putin
By: John R. Haines -
April 10, 2017
Mar-a-Lago: The Summit that Wasn’t
By: June Teufel Dreyer -
April 07, 2017
Khan Sheikhoun, Shayrat Air Base, and What Next?
By: Adam Garfinkle -
April 07, 2017
The Future of Mexico, Part I: The Other Mexican Border
By: David Danelo -
April 04, 2017
Thinking Beyond China When Dealing with North Korea: Is There a Role for Russia?
By: Artyom Lukin -
November 01, 2015
Religion and Secularism in the Middle East: A Primer
By: Aaron Rock-Singer -
November 01, 2015
Religious Minorities in the Modern Middle East
By: Lev Weitz -
October 01, 2015
Identity in the Pre-Modern Middle East
By: Berkey Jonathan P. -
October 01, 2015
Post-Colonial States and the Struggle for Identity in the Middle East since World War Two
By: Samuel Helfont -
August 01, 2015
Islam and Islamism: A Primer for Teachers and Students
By: Samuel Helfont -
May 01, 2015
Civil Liberties vs. State Security in Historical Perspective
By: Louis Fisher -
February 05, 2015
The Role of Military History in the Contemporary Academy
By: Tami Davis Biddle, Robert M. Citino -
February 05, 2015
Internet Connectedness: Unequaled Incubator for Innovation or the Death of Privacy and Civility? ·
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January 05, 2015
The Meaning of Israeli-Palestinian Polls: What They Are Willing to Accept is Different From What They Want
By: Justin Finkelstein -
January 05, 2015
The History of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
By: Shibley Telhami -
January 05, 2015
Origins and Evolution of Zionism
By: Liora Halperin -
December 05, 2014
The Partition of Palestine
By: Bernard Wasserstein -
December 01, 2014
The Evolution of the Executive and Executive Power in the American Public
By: Mackubin Thomas Owens, Stephen F. Knott -
November 05, 2014
Origins of the Palestine Mandate
By: Adam Garfinkle -
October 05, 2014
America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems And How To Fix Them
By: John F. Lehman (ed), Harvey Sicherman (ed) -
October 01, 2014
The Gulf Cooperation Council's Unified Military Command
By: Brahim Saidy -
June 05, 2014
The Korean Peninsula: Yesterday and Today
By: Paul Dickler -
May 05, 2014
From Black Boots to Desert Boots: The All-Volunteer Army Experiment Continues
By: Leonard Wong -
December 05, 2013
The Geopolitics of the Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Middle East
By: Samuel Helfont -
February 01, 2013
The West and the Muslim Brotherhood After the Arab Spring
By: Lorenzo Vidino -
December 05, 2012
The Three Versions of Al Qaeda: A Primer
By: Clint Watts -
August 05, 2012
Radicalization in the U.S. Beyond al Qaeda: Treating the disease of the disconnection
By: Clint Watts -
May 01, 2012
Transforming the Philippines’ Defense Architecture: How to Create a Credible and Sustainable Maritime Deterrent
By: Felix Chang -
April 01, 2011
The Foreign Fighters Problem, Recent Trends and Case Studies: Selected Essays
By: Michael Noonan -
February 01, 2011
Toward a U.S.-Mexico Security Strategy: The Geopolitics of Northern Mexico and the Implications for U.S. Policy
By: David J. Danelo -
September 01, 2010
The Constitutional History of U.S. Foreign Policy: 222 Years of Tension in the Twilight Zone
By: Walter A. McDougall -
January 01, 2009
What are We Fighting For? Western Civilization, American Identity, and U.S. Foreign Policy
By: James Kurth -
January 01, 2009
Abraham Lincoln: Leadership and Democratic Statesmanship in Wartime
By: Mackubin Thomas Owens