Tag: Grand Strategy & Competition
69 Articles
- Conflict & Security
The South Caucasus Factor of the United States-Russia-Iran Triangle
Moscow officially intervened in Syria in September 2015 to prevent “terrorists” from coming to Russia and staging attacks; in Moscow’s narrative, “thousands” of…
September 16, 2019
- Conflict & Security
China and the “Near-Arctic:” An Opportunity Lost Over 150 Years Ago
Before China’s near-Arctic assertion, the term “near-Arctic” was little-known and seldom used. There have been, however, related terms and concepts that conveyed a…
September 5, 2019
- Conflict & Security
NATO at 70: An Analysis of What’s Come, What’s Gone, and What the Future Holds
Looking Back When the Treaty of Brussels was signed on August 25, 1948, the world was, geopolitically-speaking, a strikingly different place. Just three years prior, Germany had…
September 3, 2019
- Conflict & Security
PART II: Rethinking Deterrence
So What Now? Applying the experiences of the Cold War to the United States’ present circumstances suggests that a renewed strategy of containment, backed by a nuclear, …
July 11, 2019
- Conflict & Security
PART I: Rethinking Deterrence
Today, the United States finds itself facing two near-peer competitors in Russia and China. Both are asserting their power and exhibiting expansionist tendencies. Both understand…
July 9, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Part II: The Re-Emerging Nuclear Dimension in Russian-European Relations
Reinventing Extended Deterrence Many European politicians find conceptual luggage from the Cold War era both awkward and inappropriate in the evolving new confrontation with…
May 7, 2019
- Global Governance
A New Level of Aggressiveness: Recent Changes of Taiwan Policy
In his speech, Xi reiterated China’s fundamental objective of “peaceful unification” with Taiwan. However, the emphasis of this phrase seems to have shifted from …
May 6, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Part I: The Re-Emerging Nuclear Dimension in Russian-European Relations
Introduction Russia is anchored to Europe by so many vital ties that all other frontiers in its vast geography are of only secondary importance. In the course of the new and fast…
May 4, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Mirziyoyev’s Foreign Policy: Globalizing Uzbekistan in the Asian Century
Mirziyoyev’s posture on the advancement of Central Asian regionalism is a breath of fresh air. The policy of regional engagement pursued by the Uzbek leader – who abandoned…
April 2, 2019
- Global Governance
The Building of Russia’s Geopolitical Momentum
Putin has thwarted Ukraine’s ability to pursue a westward political trajectory in the short-term, even if Russian hostility has hardened Kyiv’s long-term commitment to the…
March 30, 2019