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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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India’s Grand Strategy and the U.S. Risk Equation
The United States risks misunderstanding India not by underestimating its capabilities, but by misreading its strategic trajectory.
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Defending the Future: Space, Technology and Strategy
Latest In-House Bulletins
Africa Political Monitor No. 55
DRC, M23 sign Qatar ceasefire;
Militants exploit Starlink in the Sahel;
Burkina Faso’s junta dissolves electoral commission;
U.S. suspends Sudan peace talks amid post-war power dispute;
Choppy diplomatic waters for Capetown
China Policy Monitor No. 1645
PRC nationals charged with exporting AI chips to China;
U.S. Navy sailor convicted for spying for China;
PRC national convicted of sending weapons to North Korea;
Nigeria deports Chinese nationals in cybercrime crackdown;
Chinese university students spy on classmates in the UK
Defense Technology Monitor No. 112
Nature's superfiber;
Beijing pursues deep-sea strategy...;
...As Darpa releases sea drone;
A space metal milestone;
China's "kill mesh" tightens
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. 47
Pyongyang deploys to Russia's frontlines;
Pacific power shifts toward Beijing;
Chinese ships collide in Scarborough Shoal;
Tokyo diversifies its defense portfolio;
South Korea's population problem
Information Warfare Watch No. 49
Messaging target: MAGA;
An assault on Russian filmmaking;
The mind battle with China;
The cost of Iranian connectivity
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. 61
Water treaty suspension escalates Kashmir conflict;
China's global mining surge;
Kabul's deepening water crisis;
Tehran heatwave sparks emergency closure;
China, EU clash over trade
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2691
Moscow drops missile ban;
Growing inroads into Africa;
Russia drills for Pacific defense;
Hybrid war, and the hijacking of a Norwegian dam
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. 18
A tug-of-war over anti-corruption;
A defense consolidation;
Ukraine's drone surge