Antarctica at the Crossroads: Environment, Security, and Multilateral Cooperation
October 24, 2025
Mathew Burrows: A Life in the CIA
Mathew Burrows, Program Lead of the Stimson Center’s Strategic Foresight Hub, joins us to discuss his career in the CIA and the National Intelligence Council, where he was the lead author of Global Trends, a non-classified report released every four years as an aid to incoming administrations. We also discuss transformative global events of recent decades, the mechanics of predicting trends, and what policymakers often get wrong in confronting the world.
October 24, 2025
New and Revived Energy Partnerships Boost Turkey and East-West Trade Routes
The reopening of the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, Gulf-Turkey energy partnerships, and the Middle Corridor expansion point to an emerging infrastructure network that diminishes bottlenecks and empowers regional middle players
October 23, 2025
North Africa Insights
In-depth, policy-relevant commentaries on governance, security, and economic trends across North Africa and the Sahel.
October 23, 2025
What You Need to Know about Pentagon and Military-Related Spending in H.R. 1
Breaking down the military portion of the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
October 23, 2025
Is America Headed for Revolution?
While it is unclear how revolutions start, current trends of populism, violence, and distrust could be an indicator
October 22, 2025
AI on the Agenda
Highlights from the 2025 UN Security Council Debate on AI
October 22, 2025
North Africa Weekly: October 22, 2025
From Libya’s cash crunch to Algeria’s $60B energy plan and Morocco’s street protests
October 22, 2025
Russia Keeps a Foothold in Post-Assad Syria
A visit to Moscow by the Syrian president followed months of preliminary contacts
October 21, 2025