As U.S. adversaries are aligning their disinformation narratives, America’s choice to unilaterally disarm places its citizens at risk. To address this vulnerability, the U.S. should pre-emptively counter false narratives and build its collective cognitive defenses. Read more...
Expanding de-dollarization efforts to upend US economic influence by moving away from the dollar pose a threat to American power overseas, but they are unlikely to produce serious results in the foreseeable future. Read more...
American efforts to deter Chinese aggression in the Taiwan Strait would be strengthened if Moscow is defeated in Ukraine.Read more...
Trump announced the lifting of sanctions on Syria after years of devastating war, a major development that could pave the way for improvement under the new government and carry significant implications for great power competition in the region.Read more...
Russia’s war on Ukraine has been on full display for three years now, and its pattern of aggression towards its neighbors has only increased with an uptick in gray zone aggression.Read more...
Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, previously said that if the OPEC could get the price of oil to $45 per barrel, it could financially weaken Russia enough that the United States and Ukraine can enter negotiations from a position of strength—an idea later echoed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. But is this realistic?Read more...
The last remaining nuclear arms treaty between the United States and Russia is a pertinent foreign policy issue, and failure to progress negotiations and come to a new agreement threatens the wider global security environment and could further dismantle strategic stability.Read more...
As the new Trump administration prepares to take office in January 2025, uncertainty about the president-elect’s stance on support for Ukraine looms large. European nations must urgently craft strategic policies to show that they are willing to stand behind Ukraine for the long haul, even if the U.S. is not. It can be done through aggregate efforts in economic, military, and informational domains. Read more...
The potential deployment of 100,000 additional North Korean troops to Russia benefits both countries in different ways, including by boosting Russia’s manpower and potentially creating an avenue for sharing highly sensitive nuclear technology. Meanwhile, the West can take various actions to mitigate the likelihood of the Ukraine conflict becoming a world war.Read more...
While its member states are taking their own steps to contain Russia in its war with Ukraine, NATO must pursue a multilayered overall approach to further inhibit the Russian war machine. In doing so, the alliance must take into account the differing political interests of its members, as well as all possible outcomes of the plan, including direct conflict with Russia.Read more...
