Why Is the FBI Working With America’s Biggest Rivals?
For decades, the United States has viewed China and Russia as its principal strategic competitors. Successive administrations have accused both countries of cyber espionage,...
Can Burnham’s Social Media Strategy Challenge UK Populism?
Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham is using social media to reshape Labour's public image and challenge the growing online influence of populist parties,...
Cairo’s Shadow War in Sudan: Drones, Borders and a Fading Army Ally
Egypt has moved from rhetorical backing of Sudan’s army to active enabler of its war effort, with a covert drone hub on Egyptian soil...
Maritime Security is Europe’s Next Strategic Test
Authors: Iren Marinova & Gabriella Gricius*
Europe has spent the past decade learning how to provide maritime security abroad. The EU, specifically, has made substantial...
Ceuta and Melilla: Why the U.S. and China Are Watching Morocco-Spain Tensions
The interest of Chinese intelligence, military, political, and strategic circles in the current state of increasing American interest in the cities of Ceuta and...
One Spreadsheet, Three Crises
On 6 July, the Dutch government summoned the mayors of ten municipalities that had simply refused to open the asylum shelters the law requires...
Is Trump’s Free Speech Agenda Undermining the First Amendment?
U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office pledging to restore free speech and end what he described as years of government censorship. Yet a...
The Only Way South
A new railway, a sixteen-year coal supply arrangement and a renewed yuan swap line do not suggest that China is preparing to annex Mongolia....
Is Europe Ready for the Rising Cost of Climate Driven Wildfires?
Europe's worst wildfire season in recent history is doing more than destroying forests, homes, and livelihoods. It is exposing a growing weakness in the...
Ten years, seven prime ministers: What Keir Starmer’s resignation means for the UK’s foreign policy
When Andy Burnham entered 10 Downing Street on July 20, it was as the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade. As the product...