What Does Political Science Teach Us About Why Countries Use Private Military Groups like Wagner and Blackwater?The Wagner group was a key fighting force in Ukraine until its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, attempted a mutiny. And twenty...
Kenya’s National Security Advisor Monica Juma on Climate and Security in the Horn of AfricaMonica Juma is the National Security Advisor to Kenyan President William Ruto. Kenya is a stable democracy in a tough...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk: “You Have to Defend the Law With Weapons”Oleksandra Matviichuk is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and co-recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. She is a human...
Joseph Nye on Soft Power Competition Between China and the United StatesThe Aspen Security Forum last week was a target rich environment for collecting excellent interviews for the podcast. This is one of...
Uncovering Russia’s Systematic Abduction of Ukrainian ChildrenSince the start of the war, Russia has abducted tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. These kidnappings have been well...
The NATO Summit in Vilnius and What Comes Next for the AllianceNATO held a Major summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11th and 12th. Top on the agenda was Ukraine’s potential...
Can The International Shipping Industry Be Part of the Climate Solution?The international shipping industry is a major greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for about three percent of all greenhouse gas emitted...
The Geopolitical Implications of Taiwan’s Presidential ElectionsTaiwan will hold presidential elections in January 2024. Needless to say, these elections will have extremely consequential geopolitical implications. The...
What Happened at the Summit for a New Global Financing PactLess developed countries rightly lament the lack of access to funding for sustainable development that donor countries routinely promise, but...
