US and China Return to the Table: Why Xi’s Visit Mattered
Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Xi Jinping’s September 2026 visit to Washington was significant before the substantive talks even began. It was the first Chinese presidential[…]
Strategic Assessment: The Geopolitics of Island Obsession
Photo: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein From a Security consultant’s perspective, Donald Trump’s focus on strategic island geographies—typified by high-profile rhetoric regarding Greenland, Diego Garcia, and historical[…]
THE INDIAN OCEAN IS NO LONGER NEUTRAL:The New Architecture of Global Power, when geography Becomes Power
The New Battle for Maritime Power, Chokepoints and Strategic Influence. That title gives you room to develop a much deeper argument than the original article:[…]
THE TAIWAN CRUCIBLE: The contemporary global landscape is defined by an intensifying strategic competition between the United States and China…
The contemporary global landscape is defined by an intensifying strategic competition between the United States and China, with Taiwan emerging as the most volatile flashpoint.[…]
What drives foreign policy? Understanding the different logics of China, Russia and the United States
Foreign policy is the set of decisions and priorities through which a state relates to the outside world. It is shaped by interests, goals and[…]