Geopolitical Futures
On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, host Christian Smith discusses Geopolitical Futures' Chief Operating Officer Antonia Colibasanu's new book, Contemporary Geopolitics and Geoeconomics 2.0, and how an update was in order after 2020; Director of Analysis Allison Fedirka and Eastern Europe expert Ekaterina Zolotova tell us what's been on their radar in the world of geopolitics. Chairman George Friedman explores the consistency in U.S. foreign policy across party lines. Читать дальше...
Amin Saikal, ASPI Strategist
The signing of a 25-year cooperation agreement between the oil-rich and regionally influential, but US sanctioned, Islamic Republic of Iran and the globally powerful, but US pressured, People's Republic of China inserts a new strategic pincer in the Middle East for the United States and its allies. Former US President Donald Trump must bear most of the responsibility for this development, which President Joe Biden now has to...
John Bolton, Washington Examiner
North Korea's first ballistic-missiles launches during Joe Biden's presidency triggered the usual flurry of speculation about Kim Jong Un's intentions, Biden's possible responses, and whether to resume Washington-Pyongyang negotiations.
Semih Idiz, Al Monitor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unleashed a charm offensive aimed at wooing the West and regional Arab powers.
Michael McCaul & Jim Risch, Foreign Policy
Why has the administration been so half-hearted on a malign Russian influence project?
Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg
Choong Yong Ahn, East Asia Forum
Chinese President Xi Jinping made global headlines at the APEC summit on 20 November 2020 by announcing that China was considering joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which came into effect in December 2018. The news came amid a likely reconfiguration of the Asia Pacific trade landscape due to unabated trade tensions between the United States and China and the conclusion of the Regional...
Jon Alterman, CSIS
Among the most enduring of Joe Nye's contributions to strategy is one he popularized 30 years ago: his concept of "soft power." Power was about countries' ability to "do things and control others," Nye wrote, and so called "hard power" instruments such as military strength were of diminishing importance. The role of "soft power" instruments such as technological, economic, and educational strength were rising.
Jack Detsch, Foreign Policy
The United States needs a game plan for a continent that's home to two-thirds of the world's population and its biggest rival.
Pavel Luzin, Riddle
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding in commercial, scientific and military fields. AI technologies cover the analysis of large volumes of varied visual and speech data, machine learning and the autonomous operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), among other things. AI is indispensable because of the complexity of modern arms systems, the exponentially expanding amount of information on troop status (in peacetime and on the battlefield) and enemy actions... Читать дальше...
Sudha Ramachandran, The Diplomat
With the Myanmar junta's crackdown on pro-democracy activists growing in intensity in recent weeks - more than 300 protestors have been killed so far, including dozens of teenagers - a steady stream of people are fleeing across...
Edward Luce, Financial Times
There is a striking gulf between his cautious approach abroad and radical domestic agenda
Rachel Cheung & Benjamin Wilhelm, WP Review
Even the most optimistic observers had expected little to come out of last week's U.S.-China summit in Alaska, where high-level officials from both sides met in person for the first time since President Joe Biden took office. But as the
Vincent & Ayad, Worldcrunch
A few years ago, this Big Brother-esque program would have been impossible to put into place. In counterterrorism, intelligence agencies have always favored bilateral, over-the-counter exchanges. Gallant Phoenix is the exact opposite: Since 2016, the countries that decided to join as partners in the project have been able to help themselves to whatever information they need or want. Inversely, they can also deposit...
George Magnus, Japan Times
Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate
After 16 years of Angela Merkel's chancellorship, it has become difficult for Germans to imagine a government led by anyone else. But two defeats for Merkel's Christian Democratic Union raise the prospect of a new era in German politics, when high-stakes decisions will finally have to be taken.
Kori Schake, The Atlantic
R. Jordan Prescott, 1945
On March 23, U.S. Navy Adm. John Aquilino, President Biden's nominee to be the next Indo-Pacific Command commander, testified during his confirmation hearing that the threat to Taiwan from an increasingly aggressive China is "closer than we think" and that the United States needs to be "prepared today" to defend its longtime ally. The admiral stated his...
