Product Types: Commentary

Commentary

Kurdish Leader’s Call for Peace Could Reshape the Middle East

Historic call opens rare opportunity to de-escalate long-standing conflict across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
March 5, 2025
Commentary

Cyber and Climate Threats: Shared Risks, Resilience, and Response Strategies

How cyber and climate risks intersect in the Caribbean—and why resilience strategies must evolve.
March 4, 2025
Commentary

Which Future for Ukraine?

Outlining four scenarios for what comes next as the critical minerals deal with the United States crumbles.
March 3, 2025
Commentary

Iran Fears US-Russia Reconciliation Could Come At Its Expense

With the prospect of a Ukraine cease-fire and better U.S.-Russia ties under the Trump administration, financial integration with Iran may also no
February 28, 2025
Commentary

WMD Nonproliferation Regimes: An Overlooked Casualty of Russia’s War on Ukraine

Russia’s war on Ukraine has been accompanied by an assault on WMD nonproliferation regimes and nuclear security norms.
February 27, 2025
Commentary

UAE Transitions From Arms Importer to Competitor With the West

U.S. and European firms now face growing competition from Turkey, China, and South Korea as well as traditional buyers developing their own
February 26, 2025
Commentary

Balancing Energy and Ecology: Floating Solar in the 3S River Basin

Given rising energy demand and vulnerability of overdependence on hydropower, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam should expand floating solar power in the 3S
February 24, 2025
Commentary

Europe’s Long Overdue Identity Crisis Is Upon Us

A Europe willing to step up to its own security threats can increasingly be in charge of its own destiny.
February 21, 2025
Commentary

Amid Climate Uncertainty, Floating Solar Builds Resilience

Given Southeast Asia’s rapid electricity demand growth and increasing climate uncertainty, diversification of the power supply is key for energy security.
February 20, 2025
Commentary

Challenges Ahead For UAE-Iran Rapprochement

The UAE aims to position itself as an interlocutor with Iran and to reshape the mechanisms regulating the region’s geopolitical architecture.
February 20, 2025
Commentary

Iran’s Dire and Growing Drug Shortage

Pharmacies have been forced to ration an array of products from formula for babies to critical medication such as insulin shots.
February 18, 2025
Commentary

Investment Controls: The Invention of the “Geopolitical Poison Pill”

Geopolitical investment controls are reshaping corporate takeovers, with Qualcomm’s “geopolitical poison pill” setting a controversial new precedent.
February 18, 2025