Nonresident Fellow Mahlet Mesfin sits down with John Parianos of the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority to discuss seabed mining and how the Cook Islands are approaching the many questions that surround it.
Federico Petroni, senior analyst at Limes, Italy's leading geopolitical journal, joins the Trialogue to discuss Europe’s anger over the U.S. attack on Iran, NATO’s fraught future, Italy’s Mediterranean strategy, and its regional rivalries with France and Turkey,
Zhao Hai, Director of the International Politics Program in the National Institute for Global Strategy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, returns to the Trialogue to discuss the impact of the US-Israeli war with Iran, the state of US-China trade relations, the future of international institutions, and the prospects of stabilizing cross-strait relations, among other subjects.
Strengthening capacity for Indo-Pacific cybersecurity through international law, norms, and confidence-building measures addressing regional priorities
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How the mismatch between Moldova’s strategic posture and its security environment means any plausible outcome in Ukraine deepens Chisinau’s vulnerabilities
China’s engagement during the Tigray crisis from November 2020 to November 2022 prioritized state stability and economic interests, clashing with African mediation norms
The Navy’s premier aircraft carrier is a case study in misplaced priorities, most importantly putting politics and industry preference before readiness and efficiency
As states increasingly pursue justice outside of multilateral institutions, the gap between global governance and political reality is becoming impossible to ignore
Across the developing world, poor rural farming communities are being left behind, and without assistance, they risk taking the rest of their countries with them
As the war with Iran expands into a broader regional conflict, the Stimson Center's Environmental Security Program spoke with two leading experts on civilian infrastructure targeting in the Middle East to put last weekend's strikes in context
An updated armistice agreement could pave the way for a serious conversation about border demarcation and an end to all wars that use South Lebanon as a launching pad.
