Category: Conflict & Security
169 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Securing the Indo-Pacific Arteries
Introduction Sea lines of communications (SLOCs) carry 80 percent of the world’s trade by volume, connecting global value chains, transporting raw materials and semi…
March 16, 2026
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Critical Undersea Infrastructures: A Framework to Address Threats in a Post-Physical Context
Introduction In 2025, undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, Taiwan Strait, and Red Sea were sabotaged or meddled with, disrupting global connectivity. Despite NATO warnings and…
February 12, 2026
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The Future of Jordan Amidst the Palestinian Crisis
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been stalked by challenges since its invention through British colonialism a century ago. Bereft of oil and water, its languishing economy…
January 18, 2026
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The Future of Arctic Governance in a Fractured Geopolitical Landscape
Introduction The future of Arctic governance increasingly hinges on the trajectory of US-Russia relations. Not only is the Arctic the shortest strategic corridor between the two…
October 14, 2025
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Reflecting on 25 Years of Women, Peace, and Security
Origins of the Resolution When the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the four-page Resolution 1325 in 2000, it built on growing acknowledgement of women’s roles in…
October 8, 2025
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Global Energy Security: Western Dependence on Gulf Oil and the Role of Regional Mediation in Middle Eastern Conflicts
Introduction The 1973 Oil Embargo first revealed the deep interconnection between Middle Eastern stability and global energy security. In response to US military support to…
July 8, 2025
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War’s Spiral, Peace’s Ascent: Kurdish Politics at the Crossroads of History
Introduction Türkiye has just lived through the very essence of Lenin’s famous words: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”…
June 11, 2025
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How the Trump Administration Can Make the United States and Haiti Safe Again
The Haiti Challenge Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, the Haitian state has largely collapsed. Today, an unelected, US-backed Transitional Presidential…
May 27, 2025
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Myanmar’s Rakhine State at a Crossroads: Regional Power Struggles and Bangladesh’s Rohingya Dilemma
Bangladesh-Myanmar Border in Flux The February 2021 military coup in Myanmar and the subsequent full-scale civil war between the military junta and various ethnic armed groups…
May 20, 2025