Pivotal Places

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Beyond Ballots: The Junta Chief’s Elite Management Strategy Ahead of Myanmar’s Elections
How the leader of Myanmar’s junta manages power within the military and what it means ahead of the elections
Naing Min Khant
Commentary
Iran’s Desalination Pipeline Is More Stopgap Than Solution
The project fits a long-standing pattern in Iran of improvisation rather than reform
Umud Shokri
Resource
TRANSCRIPT – South Asia 2025: A Year of Shocks and Shifts
Regional experts unpack one of the most eventful years in recent history for South Asia, where the geopolitical landscape underwent rapid, often unexpected, transformation.
Commentary
Mexico’s President, the Latest Victim of Violence Against Women
The recent assault against the Mexican president shows that the country needs more than symbolic steps to protect women
Beatriz GarcĂ­a Nice
Podcast Episode 🎧
‘Safer, Richer, Freer, Greater’? Trump’s New Strategy for American Power
The Net Assessment crew takes stock of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy.
Christopher Preble • Zack Cooper • Melanie Marlowe
Resource
North Africa Weekly: December 10, 2025
From Sudan’s worsening crisis and increasing jihadist violence in the Sahel to Libya’s evolving energy debates
Hafed Al Ghwell • Lana Bleik • Yusuf Can...
Commentary
Morocco’s Two-Speed Reality
Morocco's development is moving at two speeds, leaving half the country behind, while recent protests reflect a broad intergenerational movement
Safae El Yaaqoubi
Explainer
Drone Warfare in South Asia
Video interviews with experts on the technologies and strategies of drone warfare
Betzalel Newman • Jupiter Huang
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Experts
Events
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Many Sanctions, Few Friends: How the Myanmar Junta Grapples with its Grip on Power
  • November 14, 2023
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Operation 1027: Implications for the Military Junta in Myanmar
  • November 8, 2023
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (US Eastern)
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Missile Technologies in Southern Asia
  • November 15, 2023
  • 10:00 - 11:00 AM
  • (US Eastern)
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What Can Taiwan Learn from Honduras’s Switch to China?
  • November 16, 2023
  • 10:30 - 11:45 AM
  • (US Eastern)
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China in South Asia: Understanding Beijing’s Evolving Influence in Smaller South Asian States
  • October 31, 2023
  • 9:00 - 10:15 AM
  • (US Eastern)
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Cascading Disasters and Vulnerable Infrastructure in the Himalaya: Placing the Sikkim and Melamchi Floods in Context
  • October 19, 2023
  • 9:00 - 10:30 AM
  • (US Eastern)
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Mekong Water Data Hour: Plastic Pollution
  • October 25, 2023
  • 10:00-11:00 AM
  • (US Eastern)
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The National Unity Government’s Revenue Denial Strategy
  • October 18, 2023
  • 9:00-10:00 AM
  • (US Eastern)
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