A Canadian Petroleum Reserve: Security or Savings?
Weighing in on the creation of a Canadian strategic petroleum reserve, asking the critical question: Is this an issue of national defense?
The BRICS Is Not a Strategic Threat to the United States
The BRICS is a house of cards, not a strategic threat to the United States.
Backgrounder: Turkey and the S-400 Affair
Turkey has officially been kicked out of the F-35 program after purchasing Russia’s S-400 platform, but there’s still plenty more time before relations with the West truly hit rock-bottom.
Argentina: In the Eye of the Lithium Storm
Lithium is increasing Argentina’s geopolitical relevance, and Beijing and Washington are watching. But is Buenos Aires strong enough to play both sides?
Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide
The world must never forget what happened in Srebrenica on July 11, 1995.
Was China Betting on Russian Defeat All Along?
The best outcome of the Ukraine invasion for Beijing is a weakened, isolated, and dependent Russia. Perhaps this was the plan all along.
Russian Reassertion
Russia has continued to aggressively reassert itself militarily. It has made its new approach clear by threatening to target US missile shield sites with nuclear weapons, testing a new intercontinental ballistic missile and providing nuclear fuel and promises of military assistance to Iran.
Mexico: Assassins on the ‘Cheap’
Hired assassins in Mexico are willing to work for suppressed wages not so much out of economic desperation but because murder-for-hire has proven to be a gateway to more lucrative criminal activity. Factor in the uncontrollable flow of arms and the unlikelihood of criminal prosecution, and the assassination business is booming.
The ‘Somalization’ of Post-Qadhafi Libya
The Geopoliticalmonitor's Alessandro Bruno argues that the armed militias and weak state institutions of Libya are beginning to resemble the longstanding anarchy of Somalia.
Warfare Evolved: Quantum Encryption
Advances in quantum encryption could change the way that modern states conduct their intelligence-gathering.