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Why the US Needs to Rethink Its Hopes for Saudi Arabia
A Canadian Solution to the Greenland Problem
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The New Imperialists: How China, Russia and Iran are trying to remake the world
Today, a new axis of autocrats is trying to reshape the world order and sideline the United States in international affairs.
Latest Policy Paper
Space Roles and Missions: From Fragmentation to Unity
The United States faces a fundamental organizational crisis in space. America’s space enterprise remains fragmented across multiple agencies with unclear roles, overlapping responsibilities, and competing authorities. This institutional confusion undermines national security, stifles commercial innovation, and threatens U.S. leadership in the vital space domain.
Latest Defense Dossier
Ukraine and the Changing Character of War
Latest In-House Bulletins
Africa Political Monitor No. 61
UN backs renewed talks on Morocco’s Western Sahara proposal;
UAE accused of supplying weapons to RSF;
Al-Qaeda-linked militants tighten fuel blockade;
The perils of Chinese mining;
Guinea seeks iron ore leverage
China Policy Monitor No. 1663
Top general under investigation for "grave violations";
China expands power generation for AI;
China "shot itself in the foot" with the One Child Policy;
Peru's president had secret meetings with Chinese businessmen;
China buys more Indian goods, but large trade deficits persist
Defense Technology Monitor No. 114
A polymer that heals on impact;
Navy tests first sea-based hypersonic launch;
Progress toward power beaming;
Sound waves expose hidden seafloor bombs;
Fix the data, fix the AI
Global Islamism Monitor No. 137
Syria and the potential for instability
Algorithm-driven radicalization;
The morality police come to Chechnya;
Ra'am's murky furniture
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 51
Hong Kong Tai Po fires spur CCP resentment;
Mongolia seeks economic acceleration through expanded rail links;
China-Japan tensions deepen;
Pakistan and China launch joint counterterrorsim exercise;
Taiwan gains U.S. reassurance
Information Warfare Watch No. 52
The continued push for a Kremlin-backed messaging app;
Hamas hearts Al-Jazeera...
...As the BBC's bias is exposed;
Australia tightens social media guidelines;
U.S. army focuses on disinformation
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 248
A new push for "morality";
Domestic repression deepens;
Iran expands missile capabilities;
Iranian investors eye the exits
Resource Security Watch No. 63
Washington pushes Europe on Energy decoupling;
Ukraine's potential nuclear disaster;
Iran's water crisis... and its effects;
India's national rare earth strategy;
U.S., EU combat China's critical minerals control
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2713
Russia's shadow still falls over Venezuela;
Russia reemerges in Syria;
Spy nuns in Sweden;
Airline shortages and old aircraft
Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 20
A major loss of confidence...;
...And a problematic sector...;
...Fans worries in Europe;
Russia seizes on the corruption narrative...;
...As heads roll in Kyiv;
But at the end, Zelinsky's popularity rebounds;