Why Britain Should Scupper the Chagos Islands Deal

The British government’s negotiation with the Republic of Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands has b ...View More

In Brief: How Key European States Will Approach Ukraine in 2025

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, w ...View More

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Understanding Cyber Effects in Modern Warfare

Where, when, and how might offensive cyber operations impact the outcomes of war? For over 40 years, ...View More

Trump’s Panamanian Aspirations Are a Canal to Nowhere

Will President Donald Trump really seek to use U.S. military force to retake the Panama Canal as he  ...View More

In Brief: A New Syrian Government’s Regional Relationships

Syria’s new leaders are in desperate need of partners who can provide fiscal, economic, and diplomat ...View More

U.S. Officials Need to Explain the Stakes in Taiwan

“In the United States people are singularly oblivious of the close relation between peace and prepar ...View More

In Syria, America Should Be Ruthlessly Focused on the Islamic State

Five years ago, we warned that a snap decision to depart Syria — abandoning the U.S. Kurdish-led par ...View More

Mapping the Future

Over the past couple weeks, everyone in Washington and the world has published their geopolitical fo ...View More

Could the Fall of Assad and the Return of Trump Lead to a Better Deal with Iran?

Iran’s inability to support Bashar al-Assad’s regime and prevent its collapse, coupled with recent s ...View More

Dual Use Deception: How Technology Shapes Cooperation in International Relations

January 15, 2025 In this ...View More

Rewind and Reconnoiter: Why Women Scare Autocrats

In 2022, Kathleen J. McInnis, Benjamin Jensen, and Jaron Wharton wrote, “Why Dictators are Afraid of ...View More

The United States Can’t Afford to Not Harden its Air Bases

For decades, the United States has relied on airpower and the qualitative superiority of its aircraf ...View More

A Blueprint for Digital Transformation at the Department of Defense

At a roundtable with industry and academia at the Defense Innovation Unit, I met a CEO whose company ...View More

The Long Shadow of the Ladakh Crisis

Peace seems to have broken out between India and China. On Oct. 23, 2024, Indian Prime Minister Nare ...View More