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Recognizing Palestine Won’t Help Gaza
A New Central Asia Emerging: Opportunities and Challenges
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After Karabakh: War, Peace, and the Forging of a New Caucasus
The outcome of the Second Karabakh War is a watershed event in the modern history of Eurasia. It represents the moment of conception of a new South Caucasus, the only part of the world that borders on Russia, Turkey, and Iran. Unsurprisingly, external powers like the U.S., China, the EU, India, and the GCC states are all taking greater interest in its future.
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Iran’s Digital Fortress: The Rise of the National Information Network
The Iranian regime’s most acute vulnerability comes not from external attack but from within: from the persistent and growing discontent of its own citizens. In response, Tehran has leaned more and more heavily on a long-term strategy of digital control.
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Defending the Future: Space, Technology and Strategy
Latest In-House Bulletins
Africa Political Monitor No. 54
The DRC And Rwanda Strike A (Peace) Deal;
Islamist Rebels Kill 66 In Eastern Congo;
Trump Hosts West African Leaders...;
...As Ramaphosa Rejects His Tariff Threat;
Ethiopia Completes The GERD;
Now, Trouble In Togo
China Policy Monitor No. 1641
Panama auditor files suit to scrap CK Hutchison port contracts;
China earmarks $12.5 billion for 2025 child subsidies
U.S. confronts China on covert Russian drone engine sales;
Sexual images of Chinese women shared via Telegram;
Shaolin temple Abbot defrocked for "extremely deplorable" behavior
Defense Technology Monitor No. 111
Military Biotech Investment Needed;
Blood Vessels On Demand;
A Helium Helper for Hypersonics;
PLA Fireball Fighter Drones;
Seeking-- And Firing -- Radiation Relief
Global Islamism Monitor No. 132
The Taliban Comes In From The Cold... At Least In Moscow;
Hamas On The Outs?;
The Islamist Threat Grows In Africa...;
...And Syria
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 46
China expands maritime activity...;
...as nervous neighbors seek strength in numbers;
NATO summit highlights Taiwan risk;
The Quad goes rock solid;
Bitcoin booms in Bhutan;
North Korea focuses on cybercrime
Information Warfare Watch No. 48
The Dark Side of Starlink;
A Farewell to WhatsApp?;
Putin's Puppet NGO;
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 245
Iran Invests In European Crime;
Tehran's Caucasian Conduit;
Tehran Accelerates Its Afghan Purge;
Persistent Support For Proxies
Resource Security Watch No. 60
In Trump's military, a more skeptical view of climate;
China's future energy source;
Africa searches for answers to food insecurity;
China accelerates stockpiling efforts
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2687
How Russia Is Pacifying Chechnya;
Demographics and Russia's Difficult Labor Future;
Espionage in Norway...;
...And Sabotage In The Czech Republic
South Asia Strategy Monitor No. 25
Connectivity Comes To Kashmir;
Bangladesh Looks Ahead To National Elections;
Chinese-Backed Militia Secures Control of Mines in Myanmar;
In Islamabad, Fears of Iranian Instability
Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 17
Military Necessity is The Mother of Invention;
Ukrainian Drones Take To The Seas;
A Grisly Business;
Leaning Into Defense Tech