North Africa Weekly: October 15, 2025
From Algeria’s $60 billion energy gamble to Libya’s offshore revival and Morocco’s youth-led protests
October 14, 2025
Why Taiwan Fears ‘America First’ Risks Eroding Its ‘Silicon Shield’
U.S. efforts to onshore advanced semiconductor manufacturing are raising concerns in Taiwan about the strength of its “silicon shield”
October 10, 2025
Implications of the Military Junta’s Internal Shifts on Civil-Military Relations in Myanmar
October 10, 2025
Fighting China, Fast and Slow
Senior Fellow Kelly Grieco and Maximillian Bremer write on the need for effective logistics to form credible U.S. deterrence in a Taiwan Strait scenario
October 10, 2025
The Strategic Costs of US Strikes Against Venezuela
Bellicose moves by the United States in the Caribbean come with extensive risks
October 10, 2025
John Mearsheimer: A World Tour
John Mearsheimer, world-renowned scholar of international relations, joins us to discuss the state of play in the Middle East, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. We also examine the relationship between realism and morality, the nature of the China threat, and the origins of “offshore balancing.”
October 10, 2025
How Acquisition Reform Could Make Military AI More Expensive and Less Safe
Proposed changes to how the military acquires and tests weapons expose taxpayers to more wasteful spending while undermining the delivery of safe and effective capabilities
October 9, 2025
Turkey’s Ruling Party Uses the Courts to Defeat its Political Opposition
What began as a series of scattered corruption cases and allegations of procedural irregularities has evolved into a sprawling legal campaign that threatens the CHP’s organizational survival, leadership legitimacy, and electoral viability
October 9, 2025
