This 1946 telegram predicts much of Russia’s 21st-century foreign policy
•Somehow, an American diplomat foresaw thoroughly contemporary innovations like troll farms By Simon Kuper In 1946, the Kremlin’s growing aggression…
Japan’s high-tech militarization: Asserting independence in an uncertain world
By Matthew Edwin Carpenter Highlights Japan will continue to move over the next five years toward establishing an independent defense policy…
Ukraine: Reshaping NATO to meet the Russian and Chinese Challenge
By CSIS DOWNLOAD THE REPORT There is no way to predict whether Russia will actually take military action against the…
Nigeria is locked in an endless tug of war with its academics
•Lecturers in Nigeria’s public universities are hoping to give the authorities a lesson on priorities. By Ope Adetayo In the…
China could run Russia’s playbook on Taiwan
•The Ukraine crisis should refocus thinking on China’s threats. By Dan Blumenthal As Russia edges toward a full-scale invasion, U.S. thinking…
Behind China’s warning against a Russian invasion is a desire to protect ties with the US
•After strongly supporting Moscow’s standoff with the West over Ukraine, Beijing aligns its position closer to Washington’s By Lingling Wei China’s…
Washington must prepare for war with both Russia and China
•Pivoting to Asia and forgetting about Europe isn’t an option. By Matthew Kroenig As Russia threatens the largest land invasion in…
Cooperation with European characteristics? Lessons from China for the EU–Africa summit
ByYunnan Chen This week, European and African leaders sit down in Brussels for the long-awaited, twice delayed EU–Africa summit. This…
How ‘small state opportunism’ shapes China’s pursuit of overseas military bases
By Chris Alden When Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh publicly confirmed China’s intentions of building a military base near the Doraleh port…
Africa’s fossils fuel trap
•A Response to “The Divestment Delusion” By Nnimmo Bassey and Anabela Lemos The greatest share of the burden of addressing climate…