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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. 64
An ominous convergence destabilizes Mali;
A grim anniversary in Sudan;
DRC as a safehaven;
The return of Somali piracy
China Policy Monitor No. 1676
Beijing blames "foreign forces" for youth malaise;
Tehran and Beijing affirm strategic partnership ahead of Trump visiit;
Taiwan indicts former news host for PRC espionage;
Two former Defense Ministers receive suspended death sentences;
Over a million corruption cases investigated in 2025
Defense Technology Monitor No. 117
Quantum calculation shortcuts for all;
Holographic 3D printing for chips;
Sunscreen for satellites;
Quantum coordination without communication;
The emergence of "brainbots"
Global Islamism Monitor No. 140
In Mali, a Russian failure...and an Islamist advance;
All eyes on Hamas in Europe;
Afghanistan's women face a bleak future
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 54
Jakarta walks a fine line om airspace ambiguity;
Tokyo to diversity its defense trade;
Iran war sparks an Asian pivot to coal;
A changing of the guard in Myanmar?;
(Re)naming the seas