Category: Conflict & Security
169 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Afghan-Sino Relations: A Different Mindset. A Different Outcome?
Introduction For two decades, the Taliban and other rebel organizations have been the target of US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military operations in.…
January 17, 2024
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Saudi-Iran Deal: A Test Case of China’s Role as an International Mediator
China’s Saudi-Iran Deal On March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced the normalization of ties brokered by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), with a joint trilateral…
June 23, 2023
- Conflict & Security
The European Union’s Intricate Relationship with China
The United States is the European Union’s (EU) closest defense ally and partner, and relations between the two have been further cemented through their united support for…
June 5, 2023
- Conflict & Security
The North Korea Conundrum: Pyongyang’s Strategic Calculus and Future Trajectory
North Korea has catapulted back into the headlines recently with a spate of notable military activities—including several first-time tests such as that of a solid-fuel…
May 31, 2023
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Why the United States Doesn’t Need an “Arsenal for Democracy” – And What to do Instead
A Defense Industrial Base in Crisis? In his March 28 testimony on the Pentagon’s FY2024 budget request, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services…
May 22, 2023
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TikTok: A Casualty of US-China Geopolitical and Economic Tensions?
In March 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reportedly recommended banning or divesting from TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based…
May 19, 2023
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Rapprochement Between Greece and Türkiye: Seemingly Impossible, Yet Not Unimaginable
NATO allies Greece and Türkiye are locked in a web of disagreements fraught with historical baggage. Since fighting each other over Cyprus in 1974, they have come to the brink…
May 13, 2023
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Engagement, not Entanglement: India’s Relationship with the Quad
Understanding the Quad As the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific continue to dominate global headlines, discussions on the Quad remain rife. The concept of the Quad was sown in a…
May 1, 2023
- Conflict & Security
China’s Economic Security Challenge: Difficulties Overcoming the Malacca Dilemma
The Malacca Dilemma is the possibility that the U.S. or Indian navies would blockade or substantially interdict China’s Indian Ocean sea lines of communication (SLOC) beyond…
March 22, 2023
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The Growing Use of Cryptocurrencies by Transnational Organized Crime Groups in Latin America
Across Latin America, transnational criminal organizations, transnational gangs, and extra-regional actors supporting authoritarian regimes are exploiting growing cracks in the…
March 20, 2023