Henrik Larsen has more than 15 years of research-practitioner experience on transatlantic and European security. He is currently a fellow with the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA, Washington ...

Russia has increased its hybrid and military activities on and around Svalbard to secure its strategic position in the European Arctic. Strategic-military interests are overtaking economic interests ...

More than a year into his second term, United States President Donald Trump’s Indo-Pacific policy remains an uneasy mix of conflicting objectives, competing factional viewpoints and transactional ...

Bruce Klingner has specialized in Korean and Japanese affairs for over three decades. He is a senior research fellow at the Mansfield Foundation. He was previously the senior research fellow for ...

Born from the wreckage of World War II, the European welfare state promised citizens economic security, social justice, solidarity and dignity. And for over half a century, it largely delivered. As ...

The latest wave of unrest has exposed deep structural weaknesses in the Iranian regime. A protester takes a selfie while holding a portrait of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during a protest against the ...

Factory-built reactors offer a scalable, low-carbon solution for climate and digital needs yet still face legacy challenges to nuclear deployment. July 2023: The factory-assembled core of a small ...

Surging precious metal prices are not mere market fluctuations, but a fundamental repricing of long-term risk and strategic value in an increasingly fragmented world. This year has proven to be a ...

Since its creation in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) had seldom drawn the kind of attention generated by its 2025 summit in Tianjin. The event featured the first high-level meeting ...

Iran’s sway in the oil market is fading as global supply chains diversify and new producers emerge, with China buying most of its exports at a discount. Iran remains a major oil producer, but its ...

Once hailed as a beacon of democracy and the world’s top reformer, Georgia stood at the forefront of the post-Soviet transformation. It was the first country in the region to pursue deep institutional ...

China’s dominance over rare earths gives Beijing powerful leverage in trade, technology and strategic negotiations. Metal cubes representing rare earth elements including neodymium (Nd), praseodymium ...