How Long Can Biden Muddle Through On China?
President Joe Biden doesn’t have a plan for China. Or, more precisely, the Biden administration has failed to articulate its approach to grand strategy in East Asia. Read More Here
Why Is Putin Acting Now?
Putin’s post-2014 hopes to retain leverage over Ukraine by forcing the separatist Donbass republics back into Ukraine also appear to have failed. Kyiv has proved unwilling to incorporate these regions back into Ukraine on Russia’s terms. Read More Here
The MBS Economy
The country’s leadership has come to understand that the kingdom’s old model, based primarily on an oil-funded welfare state and rigid gender segregation, is no longer sustainable. Read More Here
How Russia’s Military Buildup Is Changing The Arctic
Despite scholarly claims to the contrary, the Arctic is neither a zone of peace nor an exception to the realities of contemporary international relations. This largely stems from Russia’s ongoing militarisation of the Arctic. Read More Here
How Putin’s $11 Billion Pipeline Split NATO, EU At Time Of Crisis
An undersea pipeline set to deliver gas from Russia to Germany has become exactly what the two countries have always insisted it would never be: A weapon in a geopolitical crisis. Read More Here
How China Spies On The West
China’s cyber spies are one face of this system, and have hacked the computers of western companies on an industrial scale. The targets closely align with the advanced technologies identified by the CCP as those in which it wants to lead the world. Read More Here
A Disrupted Global Recovery
The continuing global recovery faces multiple challenges as the pandemic enters its third year. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has led to renewed mobility restrictions in many countries and increased labor shortages. Supply disruptions still weigh on activity and are contributing to higher inflation, adding to pressures from strong demand and elevated food […]
US Enemies Are Lining Up To Test Joe Biden
President Joe Biden is confronting a series of distinct but interlocking global crises and hotspots with US foes lining up to test the mettle of an under-pressure leader and their own sense that the United States is a retreating global power. Read More Here
As India And China Compete, Smaller States Are Cashing In
India’s structural dominance in the region long fostered a sense of insecurity among these smaller states. The rise of China offered a new alternative to India’s position in the region. Sri Lanka and the Maldives have relatively quickly embraced a policy of strategic autonomy and diversification. Read More Here
Ukraine Urges Calm, Saying Russian Invasion Not Imminent
Ukraine’s leaders sought to reassure the nation that a feared invasion from neighbouring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged the threat is real and prepared to accept a shipment of American military equipment Tuesday to shore up their defenses. Read More Here
