Does the U.S. (mis)use UAE ties to Counter Iran and China?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently made two significant military procurement decisions: it would buy the…
Read More »Belarus, Poland and the Border Crisis
Militarisation of the migration crisis has become apparent, for a few weeks now. Even though there…
Read More »Uzbekistan’s Presidential Elections: What is Uzbekistan’s Path to the Future?
Uzbeks headed to the polls on 24 October to elect a president. The incumbent, Shavkat Mirziyoyev,…
Read More »The Taiwan Challenge and Its Impacts
Xi Jinping is positioning the People’s Liberation Army to bring Taiwan under the control of the…
Read More »The India–China Border Dispute: Risks of Escalation
India–China border tensions have become one of the Indo-Pacific’s defining territorial disputes. The ongoing Ladakh crisis ended more…
Read More »Towards a Cruise Missile Capability: North Korea’s New Cruise Missile Launch
In September 2021, North Korea reportedly released a statement claiming that they had successfully flight tested…
Read More »Xi’s Political Philosophy: Its Impact on the PRC
To understand the wave of ‘little pink’ ultra-nationalism washing across the People’s Republic of China, it’s instructive to examine ‘Xi…
Read More »Assessing President Macron and European Defense
I published a book entitled The Europeanization of the Alliance shortly after the unification of Germany…
Read More »Putting Global Britain and AUKUS into Perspective
In 1966, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson wrote to his Australian counterpart Harold Holt to explain…
Read More »Central Asia on the Front Lines
The U.S. retreat from Afghanistan puts Central Asia on the front lines against the Islamic Emirate…
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