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Facing Current Threats to Space Security: An Urgent Need for Diplomatic Proposals
Authors: Hellmut Lagos Koller and Ambassador Felipe Cousiño Donoso*
Outer space has become an indispensable domain for modern societies, underpinning critical civilian infrastructure, global communications,...
Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns: The US-Israeli War on Iran
Modern wars are fought not only with weapons but with assumptions—and the most dangerous assumptions are often invisible to those making them. Donald Rumsfeld’s...
How Staying Passive on Iran Could Impact Russia and China
Middle Eastern crises seldom stay localized. They frequently go well beyond the battlefield in terms of politics, strategy, and psychology. Officials in Beijing, Moscow,...
Escalation, Contagion and Isolation: The Ongoing War Against Iran
With conflict spreading across the region and the death toll surpassing 1,000, America and Israel’s war on Iran shows no signs of slowing. Rather,...
The War That Was Supposed to be Easy
Beneath the visible theater of warfare, a more consequential dynamic appears to be unfolding. It is one that suggests the United States may have...
Will Japan’s Pivot to Central Asia Erode Chinese Influence in the Region?
On December 20, 2025, Japan and the five Central Asian nations (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) convened the Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue...
Dear Canada: Â Go Really Big on Defense Now; you won’t regret it
Dr. Julian Spencer Churchill and I previously laid out a vision on how Canada could build up the Canadian Armed Forces to meet this...
The Strategic Imperative for U.S. Engagement with Somaliland: Rethinking Policy Frameworks in the Red Sea Corridor
Abstract: The militarization of the Red Sea corridor has transformed this peripheral maritime zone into a critical nexus of global commerce and great-power competition....
Maintaining a Deterrence Strategy for the Philippines in the Scarborough Shoal
The South China Sea is one of the most tempestuous regions today due to numerous provocations that could lead to heightened diplomatic standoffs and...
Iran’s Weakening Is Turkey’s Opportunity — and Its Trap
The American and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 have altered the regional balance in ways that extend far beyond Tehran. The immediate...