Cultural property has emerged as a target in the multi-domain battlespace and is being used by adversaries as a form of information operations, resulting in the exacerbation of conflict and…
Despite assumptions to the contrary, the preservation of culture is possible in a conflict. Prior successful initiatives point to three interventions that the international community can support: (1) implementation of…
West Africa has experienced six coup attempts over the past two years, four of which saw the military successfully ousting presidents in Mali (twice), Guinea, and Burkina…
Centering World War II as the foundational event defining Russian national identity, President Putin has tried to use the seventy-five-year-old conflict to recontextualize the invasion of Ukraine as a defensive…
It is commonly assumed that Germany has successfully worked through its Nazi past in comparison to countries whose histories of colonialism and slavery endure into the present day. But this…
Climate change can affect food security and, by extension, alter conflict patterns, but such relationships are neither straightforward nor static. It is critical for policymakers and other observers to better…
From Australia to India, to South Korea and Vietnam, countries throughout the Indo-Pacific are pushing back against an increasingly assertive China. The geopolitical development that could prove most significant in…
Military machines can increasingly move, search for targets, and even kill without human control. Current autonomous weapons have typically been used for tactical defense, but the future is unclear. Because…
Current controversies surrounding the memory of a 1923 massacre of Koreans in and around Tokyo provide a starting point for examining the rise of historical denialism in Japan. The past…
In Afghanistan, stalling peace talks, the growing leverage of the Taliban, and the dwindling support of the international coalition put advancements made in womenโs rights in the past two decades…
