Defense
India-Pakistan: Stitched in Multilateral Interests
Bilaterally botched relationship, Pakistan and India would be working together in an economic and strategic multilateral forum of Eurasia’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The...
Looking Behind the Daily News: Informed Narratives on Israel’s Nuclear Challenges
"The rational is not thinkable without its other, the non-rational, and it never appears in reality without it."-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Existence (1935)
How shall...
How the Withdrawal of US Troops in Syria Impacted Regional Politics and Security
As northern Syria
attempts to adjust to life without US troops, which destabilized what was
already considered a tenuous situation, the regional politics and security of
the...
Escalating to De-Escalate: From Balakot to Ain al-Asad
With tensions between the United States and Iran dramatically
escalating just days into the new year, the risks of a new and even more
damaging war...
Trump is sending NATO east – the Middle East
The assassination of General Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s retaliatory
strike against US bases in Iraq brought the situation in the region to a head
with President...
Challenges to Eurasian Security in the Coming Decade
Confrontation
between Russia and the USA/NATO
There is no reason to believe that the worsening relations between
Russia and the West, a process that began six years...
Rising Geopolitical Tensions Boost Military Spend on Electronic Warfare Equipment
The
emergence of stealth and low observable aircraft along with Anti-Access/Area
Denial (A2/AD) systems has made integrated air defense networks very complex
and difficult to counter. Additionally,...
United States Presence in Indian Ocean: Counter Strategy For China
In 1890,
Alfred Mahan affirmed, that “whoever controls the Indian Ocean will dominate
Asia, the destiny of the world will be decided on its waters” .In...
Time to Put the Old Dog Down? Debating the Future of NATO
The North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrated its 70th anniversary and after the long passage of
time, it is almost as if the alliance has become...
Soleimani’s death opens a door to alternative security arrangements in the Gulf
The US killing of Iranian general Qassim
Soleimani has further opened the door to a potential restructuring of the
Gulf’s security architecture.
In line with an Iranian...