The Upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting: Why it is Important
Uzbekistan is hosting the 2022 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of State Council on 15-16 September…
Read More »The Missing Debate
Any crisis requires determining an end point. So where is the Western determination of that end…
Read More »The War in Ukraine and the Challenge of Reshaping European Direct Defense
I am writing this piece while in Mallorca, Spain. Earlier this summer, I had a chance…
Read More »Germany and Forward Defense
In 1985, when I set up a working group at the Institute for Defense Analysis on…
Read More »Another Consequence of the Ukraine War: Russia’s Relationship with Vietnam
The war in Ukraine has shaken a fundamental assumption of Vietnam’s defence posture—that its old friend…
Read More »Reinforcing Polish Defense: A Key Element for any Way Ahead for German Defense
As I will argue in my next piece in the series, projecting power forward for the…
Read More »Will Biden’s Pact with Israel draw the U.S. into Another Middle East War?
On 14 July 2022, U.S. president Joe Biden and Israeli prime minister Yair Lipid, signed the…
Read More »Some Considerations in Accentuating and Accelerating Germany’s Contribution to Forward Defense
Alternatively, this piece could be entitled considerations with regard to being able to project relevant military…
Read More »BRICS as the Anti-G-7?
The virtual summit of BRICS leaders in Beijing late last month brought a slew of proposals…
Read More »France and Shaping a Way Ahead for European Defence: Assessments by Pierre Tran, 2022
This report brings together a number of the articles written by Pierre Tran and published on…
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