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Arabs, Turks and Persians: Geopolitics and Ideology in the Greater Middle East
For decades, the Greater Middle East has been a leading challenge to American foreign policy. This vast region - ranging from North Africa in the west to Afghanistan in the east, and from the borders of Central Asia down to the Horn of Africa in the south - has been a cauldron of turmoil that has affected not just American interests, but generated threats to the American homeland.
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Understanding ASEAN
ASEAN has grown from a small, consensus-based group into a significant regional bloc, now at the center of U.S.-China competition. Its expanded scope and diverse membership make it both a key player and a complex challenge for external powers.
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Warfare in the Age of AI
Latest In-House Bulletins
Africa Political Monitor No. 48
U.S. Expels South African Envoy;
Sanctions Prompt Rwanda to Sever Ties…;
…And Cause M23 Rebels to Withdraw From Peace Talks;
Ethiopia-Eritrea Tensions Risk New Conflict;
Mali Withdraws From French Bloc;
Score One for The Sudanese Army
China Policy Monitor No. 1629
Military Purge Deepens, Top Generals Arrested;
Provinces Encourage Babies With Childcare Subsidies and Milk;
China Executes Four Canadians for Drugs;
PRC EV Makers Accelerate Global Push;
Man Gets Prison for Helping Pressure PRC Expat to Return Home
Defense Technology Monitor No. 109
Training for a War Without a Battlefield...;
...As China Targets American Space Superiority;
Awareness Across The Electromagnetic Spectrum;
Precision Radar in Development;
The UK's Answer to Drone Swarms
Global Islamism Monitor No. 125
Cracks In The Taliban Consensus...;
...And More Movement Toward International Rehabilitation;
The Birth of Syria's Morality Police;
Turkey, Europe, and Syrian Jihadism
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 42
Vietnam's Booming China Trade;
More Pressure on Manila;
Now, A Helping Hand From Moscow;
Beijing Strengthens Its Grip on The Pacific Islands
Information Warfare Watch No. 44
China's Expanding African Propaganda;
More Russian Disinfo in Europe;
Qatar is Shaping The Post-Assad Media Environment in Syria;
Taking "Cognitive Warfare" Seriously;
How Moscow is Manipulating AI
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 241
Iran Makes A Play in East Africa;
Hopelessness Spreads in The Islamic Republic;
How Iran is Gaming "Resistance";
The Regime's Human Rights Crackdown Continues
Resource Security Watch No. 59
DOD considers climate change a growing security threat in Africa;
Tehran faces shutdowns amid worsening air quality;
A new cold war over rare earth elements;
Famine in Sudan expands as government resists foreign aid;
China's water policies endanger central Asian stability
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2671
Putin's (Sort of) Police State;
Brussels Raises the Alarm...;
...As Poland Preps for Confrontation;
Trump Cuts Complicate Recovery of Children Taken by Russia
South Asia Strategy Monitor No. 23
Doha Deepens Its Stake in India;
Pakistan's Westward Push;
India, France Plan Small Modular Nuclear Reactors;
Afghanistan's Taliban Head East
Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 15
A Personnel Scandal Roils Military Procurement...;
...And Gets Others Involved;
Court Reforms Kick Into High Gear;
Ukrainians Fear Graft More Than War