Why Strategic Superiority (Still) Doesn’t Matter
…Lucas Ruiz and Christopher Preble April 2026 Executive Summary At the moment of maximum danger during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. leader whose judgment mattered most reached a conclusion…
Fulfilling the UN75 Declaration Expert Series Readout #1
…undermine all countries’ national efforts to bring this disease under control.” – H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf “The current health crisis demonstrates a continued and severe lack of preparedness in our…
CORVI: Measuring Multidimensional Climate Risks in Aruba
…Development Planning. Accessed September 11, 2025. https://www.deaci.aw/sustainable-development/ 137 Interview with representative of Aruba Airport Authority 2024. 138 Interview with representative of Casa del Mar Resort 2024. 139 Interview with representative…
Nepal’s Pivot to China May Be Too Late
Nepal’s constitutional crisis in the winter of 2015 and spring of 2016 prompted protesting parties to enforce an economic blockade in the Terai region on the Nepali-Indian border. Protesting Nepali…
The Meaning of the Mumbai Blasts
…of the normalization process. This suspension, in turn, leaves New Delhi and Islamabad wide open for another crisis sparked by subsequent acts of terrorism directed against India. If or when…
China’s Conflict Mediation in Myanmar
…State Counsellor Aung Sang Suu Kyi to act in her party’s interest portend a shift in China’s mediation approach? Has Western backlash following the Rohingya crisis affected China’s hand in…
Global Health Security: A Long-Term Prescription
The Challenge We need a coherent global health strategy that looks beyond each crisis to the bigger picture. The 2003 SARS outbreak, when a new and virulent pneumonia spread by…
TRANSCRIPT – Taliban Rule and Regional Realignments Four Years On
…years engaged in multilateral diplomacy, including several tenures at Afghanistan’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York. He has also served several postings as advisor on international affairs at the…