China’s Emerging Financial Influence at the UN Poses a Challenge to the U.S.
…of over 135 less developed countries. The triennial assessment negotiations, most recently completed at the end of 2022, can be contentious. On repeated occasions, U.S. efforts to secure a 25%…
U.S.-China Summit Offers Chance at Improved Relations
…stated goal of creating a “new type of major power relationship.” The challenge the two presidents face will be to give that broad concept specific content. The fact that…
What is the US Doing in a Disputed Triangle on the Jordan/Syria/Iraq Border?
…intel, training, and operational advice, but were restricted in the kind of targets they could engage, giving rise to discontent fuelled by the feeling that they were there only to…
Planning for the Worst: Nuclear Effects & Disaster Management in South Asia
…that could mutually affect adversarial parties—together with third parties—may foster less contentious and more productive discussion on normally sensitive security topics. This may stem from a mutual need for information…
Spheres of Influence in the Coming Decades: Four Alternative Scenarios
…of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Washington, DC, May 2021, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/China-US-Competition-Report-2021.pdf; Jonathan D. Moyer, Tim Sweijs, Mathew J. Burrows, and Hugo Van Manen, “Power and influence in a globalized…
Nuclear Security in A Time of Crisis
…Roth, Daniel Salisbury, Amelie Stoetzel and Sarah Tzinieris, “Nuclear Security in Times of Crisis,” Kings College London and Stimson Center, 2021, https://www.stimson.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/nuclear-security-in-times-of-crisis-handbook.pdf. The handbook describes how four major crises impacted…
Navigating the Maldivian Crisis
…bind, forcing it to choose between the high road and the messy, contentious road. If India supported diplomatic condemnations but opposed active intervention, it would distinguish itself as an upholder…
Chinese Campaigns for Political Influence in Africa
…with partial Chinese ownership of African media have seen possible cases of censorship or content management. Chinese actors’ influence on African countries’ governance structures has a direct impact on norm-building…