Eastern Europe Has a Role to Play in US-China Economic Competition
Increased capital intensity is the cure to what ails the US economy, and Eastern Europe can help provide it.
China’s Economic Quandary
Hopes that China can provide the impetus for a global economic resurgence are predicated on a profound misunderstanding of the intrinsic contradictions of the Chinese economy.
Allies in Limbo: The Pentagon and the Pacific Deterrence Initiative
The COVID-19 pandemic has not made the world safer; old threats have not gone away and new ones remain on the horizon, especially in the South China Sea. Yet key tenets of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative remain bogged down in Congress.
Beyond Economics: The Political Risks of a US-China Trade War
How Marshall Sahlins’ Stone Age Economics can help us better understand the brewing US-China trade war.
Deconstructing the New Clarion Call for Ghazwa-e-Hind against India
Why has one of India’s most wanted terrorists suddenly reappeared after a 17-year absence?
GUAM 2.0: Can Free Trade Revive the Forgotten Regional Bloc?
A new trade deal between Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova could give new life to the long-dormant regional grouping.
UK-France Joint Action Key to European Relevance in the Indo-Pacific
Only through joint action can France and the UK leverage their full strategic weight in the South China Sea dispute.
Trump’s Iran Policy: A Lonely Pursuit
It won’t be easy for the Trump administration to reassemble the kind of international consensus that drove Iran to the negotiating table back in 2013.
Belt and Road: China-Mongolia-Russia Corridor
An overview of the China-Mongolia-Russia corridor, one of the main economic conduits envisioned by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Welcome to the New Age of the Strongman
Why are despots and dictators of every political persuasion enjoying a renaissance?