The race to develop pharmaceutical products targeting COVID-19 has quickly expanded to encompass hundreds of research projects. As of June 2020, there were over 140 vaccine candidates in development,…
The COVID-19 pandemic has advanced two trends: the US-China confrontation and the increasing importance of soft power in the networked world. These developments present Japan and South Korea…
Tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s Rear Admiral Lou Yuan, regarded as a hawkish military commentator, recently proclaimed that the continuing…
Introduction For decades, China has engaged in a fervent game of “catch-up” with U.S. military capabilities. This effort, which has ballooned China’s defense spending to 620 percent of its…
Events in the Middle East have long reverberated through the Caucasus, a region that sits at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East and borders the Black and Caspian…
With Greenland making front page news, the world’s attention is turned to the Arctic. And yet, this region has been the focus of increasingly consequential geopolitical competition for centuries,…
The Prognosis This year marks NATO’s 70th anniversary, and there is good reason to celebrate. At first glance, the alliance may appear plagued by trepidation and tension over various escalating…
The following is the second of a two-part series. So What Now? Applying the experiences of the Cold War to the United States’ present circumstances suggests that a renewed strategy…
The following is the first of a two-part series. Today, the United States finds itself facing two near-peer competitors in Russia and China. Both are asserting their power and exhibiting…
