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Reimagining Asia’s Position in the World of Disorder
Authors: Noto Suoneto and Genevieve Donnellon-May
The global order is in disarray. Great power competition is intensifying, multilateral institutions are weakening, and long-standing alliances are...
Resetting the Arc: The Strategic Reawakening of U.S.–Pakistan Relations in 2025
Pakistan-US bilateral relations have taken a surprising turn in 2025, with a strategic shift in outlook of the United States towards South Asia. The...
Reimagining the Global Order: From U.S. Dominance to Horizontal Equality
The world witnessed unprecedented disruption to the post-WWII global order during Donald Trump’s presidency. His “America First” policies, marked by sweeping tariffs, withdrawals from...
Trump Eyes Role as Russia-Ukraine Peace Broker — and a Nobel Prize
The United States' strategic decision to draw a roadmap and set the conditions for normalizing the political situation between Russia and Ukraine deserves a...
A Kinetic Conundrum for Tehran Post-Israeli Preemptive Strikes
The Islamic Republic of Iran suffered a major military defeat at the hands of Israel and critical setbacks to its nuclear program. After decades...
South Caucasus Peace Effort Gets Boost from Washington, TRIPP Project
The Trilateral Statement of November 10, 2020, that was signed by the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, and the Russian Federation as...
Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation
With its misguided tariff wars, the second Trump administration is not only fragmenting seven decades of globalization. It is also contributing to a kind...
Primal Connections: Death, Time and Nuclear War
“It is through death that there is time….” Emmanuel Levinas, God, Death and Time (1976)
The threat is not mysterious. In the final analysis, it...
The Very High Cost of Getting Brazil to Help in a China-Taiwan War
Authors: Felipe Salles and Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill
U.S. President Donald Trump’s interference in Brazil’s domestic politics, by pressuring its judiciary with travel restrictions and 50%...
Trump and Putin in Alaska: A Summit Steeped in History, Energy and Strategy
With U.S.–Russia relations strained by the war in Ukraine and ongoing sanctions, and a global energy market still shaped by both nations’ oil and...