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In Brief: Biden’s Last Chance at Foreign Policy Moves
A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better…
Technology, the Battlefield, and Beyond in Ukraine
<!-- category --> November 27, 2024 We are sharing a free Thanksgiving episode of the Russia Contingency with you all to express our gratitude for your listenership and support. This episode, brought to…
How to Fix a Broken Defense Department to Beat China and Russia
“The coming war is going to be a technology war. The country’s top innovators feel that there is a huge disconnect between what the U.S. military ecosystem can produce and what’s possible if we engaged civilians to develop weapon…
The Implications of a Second Trump Presidency for Europe’s Defense-Industrial Efforts
As debates intensify around the defense policy consequences of a second Trump presidency for Europe, much of the commentary misses a critical dimension: the material realities shaping European security and defense. The war of attrition in…
This is Not the Status Quo You’re Looking For
The United States has long declared its goal to maintain a “status quo” that avoids an official position on Taiwan’s sovereignty, discourages Taiwan from declaring independence, and as a result, effectively equates to there being no…
Beyond TikTok — The National Security Risks of Chinese Agricultural Drones
While Washington fixates on TikTok’s potential to share personal data with Chinese intelligence for disinformation and hybrid warfare, a far more dangerous data-collecting technology is quite literally flying under the radar: Chinese-made…
How to Stop the United States and China from Sliding into War
As anyone who has been paying attention to the increasingly fraught Sino–American relationship knows, the chance that the two nuclear powers could end up in a serious crisis, and possibly a major war, is significant and growing. Most…
Mid-Afternoon Map: Time Magazine’s Map of the Year
<!-- category --> November 22, 2024 Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas.…
China Is Off the Fence in Myanmar
On Nov. 6, the head of Myanmar’s military junta, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, finally traveled to China, meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Kunming as part of the Greater Mekong Subregion leader’s summit. The Xinhua readout…
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Does More Military Really Mean More Security?
In 2022, Alexander Sorg and Julian Wucherpfennig wrote “Before Deploying More U.S. Forces to Europe, Consider the Consequences,” where they argued that U.S. military deployments abroad can lead to a lower willingness among host populations…
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