Takeaways from the European Defense Industry Summit
Europe’s leaders are increasingly worried about their deteriorating external security environment, and their concern is starting to reflect in EU policy.
Trump Pulls Out of the Paris Agreement
What does Trump’s pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement mean for the fight against global warming?
Fifth Times a Charm? Denuclearization Diplomacy Returns to the Korean Peninsula
A spirit of détente has descended on the Korean Peninsula, but will it be any different from past experience?
Sweden’s Coming Crisis Could Soon be Europe’s
Will Sweden be the next electoral pick-up for Europe’s far right?
Iran Sanctions: Energy Market Winners and Losers
Iran’s biggest customers are scrambling to secure alternative sources of oil supply.
The Geopolitics of the Black Sea
Long the site of great power competition, the Black Sea region appears to be heating up once again.
Global Forecast (9-11-2018)
The far-right creates political deadlock in Sweden, anti-pension reform rallies flare up again in Russia, and new rumblings of a second US-DPRK summit.
Trump Puts US-China Trade War on Pause
China may have won this battle, but the trade war will rage on.
The PLA Navy vs. the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: Possible Outcomes of a Clash
The news of China’s first aircraft carrier being launched is definitely relevant in terms of China’s long-term naval policy.
Lessons Unlearned from Charlie Hebdo: Strengthening the EU’s Intelligence Infrastructure
The EU can improve the effectiveness of its intelligence agencies not by creating new bureaucracies, but by getting more out of the resources it already has.