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At Home and Abroad, Intimidation is Now Official Russian Policy
Another Israel-Hezbollah War Is On The Horizon. Where is UNIFIL?
Featured Book
Countering China’s Great Game
The United States is in the midst of a new cold war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and America is losing.
Latest Policy Paper
The Road to Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Election
On January 13, 2024, the Republic of China, also known as “Nationalist China” and Taiwan, will hold its next presidential election. This will be the eighth direct election of a president in Taiwan, the first having been held in 1996. It will also be a contest that showcases the island’s changing identity politics, shifting political preferences, and potential security challenges.
Latest Defense Dossier
Pandemic Preparedness and Biodefense
Latest In-House Bulletins
Africa Political Monitor No. 30
Russia increases its African footprint;
The U.S. sanctions Zimbabwe... again;
A new African "great game";
Iran's Sudan play goes sideways
China Policy Monitor No. 1592
Xi meets with former Taiwanese President;
China scrambles fighter jets to shadow U.S. Navy plane;
Manila: China recruiting members of the Philippine military for espionage;
PRC spies target Dutch industries: Amsterdam;
China establishes information warfare unit
Defense Technology Monitor No. 98
China and Russia seek unhackable comms;
China's Taiwan plans include an anti-tank assault;
Moving toward super semiconductors;
China simulates hypersonic strike;
Powering future soldiers better
Global Islamism Monitor No. 111
Increasingly, ISIS banks on cryptocurrency;
Target: Europe;
Do the Palestinians still prefer Hamas?;
Rehabilitating the Taliban, one country at a time
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 36
U.S. Army special forces train Taiwanese troops;
Marines go virtual to address lack of Indo-Pacific training grounds;
With an eye on China, Japan announces maritime domain awareness aid;
Hanoi poised for explosive growth;
Cambodia's airport dreams stall
Information Warfare Watch No. 31
Israel versus Al-Jazeera;
Advanced tech powers Chinese disinfo
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 234
The Islamic Republic's war on women, rebooted;
Tehran's hand in Sudan’s turmoil…;
...And Iranian designs on the Red Sea;
Iran's version of the war on drugs;
A warning about Iran... from Fatah
Resource Security Watch No. 54
A new energy source... in a different gulf;
China's rise to clean energy sector dominance;
A geothermal breakthrough;
Can Washington and Beijing cooperate on climate?;
Floods threaten the mining status quo in Russia
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2627
Cracks in the Moscow-Beijing alliance?;
Quiet talks about a prisoner swap;
Putin calls for space nuclear development
South Asia Strategy Monitor No. 14
Vietnam-India high tech cooperation ramps up;
New Delhi flexes its naval muscle;
India, France strengthen ties;
Pakistan’s tumultuous election
Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 10
The promise of European aid prompts new reform proposals;
Cutting the Ukrainian bureaucracy down to size;
The wages of Ukraine's judicial reform;
Procurement schemes and high politics…;
...And product manipulation to boot