With Ukraine war at critical junction, China takes bigger role
Russia’s assault on Ukraine is turning into a war of attrition and the defenders are facing a critical problem – they are firing more...
Imperatives for the World Bank’s next president
The World Bank will soon pick a new president. With the world facing a confluence of climate, debt, energy and security crises, the leadership...
Why Putin Cannot End His War Against Ukraine
Among the many terrible consequences of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine launched by Vladimir Putin a year ago, one should be singled out—that is,...
Environmental and Political Reconciliation Needed for the South China Sea
The South China Sea is a unique natural laboratory for ocean research and exploration. And yet, this rifted basin, dotted with atolls, coral reefs...
Post-Earthquake Politics in Syria and Türkiye
Ahead of the EU-led donors’ conference, the political ambitions of Syrian and Turkish leaders extend far beyond humanitarian aid. Western governments must tread a...
Should Organizations Adapt Their Cybersecurity in Light of Russia-Ukraine Conflict?
They should – Dr Suleyman Ozarslan Geopolitics and cyber warfare are complex issues. Meanwhile, enterprise security has always been nuanced and multi-faceted. However, I...
New Era of Counterintelligence Must Shift Focus to the Gray Zone
Strategic competition in the current global context is a post-counterterrorism-era paradigm shift that demands more aggressive offensive U.S. counterintelligence activities. Rethinking counterintelligence and counterterrorism for great...
Just Like ‘Real’ Socialism, ‘Real Feudalism’ Has Never Been Tried
The lines of ink of the Communist Manifesto, published 175 years ago today, have led to oceans of blood. Since Karl Marx issued his...
The Persistence of Great-Power Politics
At the Munich Security Conference in February 2022, mere days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s newly minted foreign minister, argued...
Beauty, lies & ChatGPT: Welcome to the post-truth world
Two months back, a company called OpenAI released its chatbot, ChatGPT, to the public. ChatGPT is a so-called Large Language Model (LLM) that is trained on...