The Iranian-Chinese Agreement: A Game Changer?
The signing of a 25-year cooperation agreement between the oil-rich and regionally influential, but US sanctioned, Islamic Republic…
Read More »Australia’s Quest for Enhanced Defense Sovereignty
I have been coming to Australia since 2014 to write the report for the Williams Foundation,…
Read More »Conventional Forces and Technology: What is Their Impact on Escalation Management with Nuclear Powers?
Recently, Dr. Paul Bracken, a long-time nuclear analyst strategist (we first met in the domain of…
Read More »Franco-German Arms Cooperation: How to Shape a Way Ahead?
Paris – There is a black and white photo of the then French president François Mitterrand…
Read More »Will the Silicon Valley Mindset Help America Beat China in Space?
Space has become the next frontier for geopolitical conflict between the U.S. and China. America’s adversary…
Read More »An Indo-Pacific Air Warfare Centre in Australia?
The Royal Australian Air Force’s second century poses new challenges for the service as the comfortable…
Read More »A Way Ahead for the Quad
Critics of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Beijing in particular, have long portrayed the grouping of Australia, Japan,…
Read More »The Biden Security Agenda: An Initial Assessment
The past few weeks have made clearer the Biden administration’s initial national security priorities—engage in extensive…
Read More »The Chinese Coastguard and the First Island Chain
China’s new law giving the China Coast Guard more freedom to use force has increased the concerns of…
Read More »The Authoritarian States and the Direct Defense Challenge to Europe: The Perspective from the Baltic States
Lithuania has banned a Chinese tech firm on security grounds, while Estonia warned the EU on…
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