East Asian Demographic Crisis Threatens the Global Economy
Catastrophic population decline is putting a quarter of global GDP at risk. China, Japan and South Korea are all facing dramatic demographic declines. Japan...
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...
4 takeaways from this year’s important Munich Security Conference
Dubbed the Davos of Defense, the Munich Security Conference attracts heads of state, generals, intelligence chiefs and top diplomats from around the world. With...
Putin’s shadow looms large at Munich Security Conference
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated discussions at the Munich Security Conference. Western leaders and diplomats had a clear message for the man in the...
The Year 2023: A Feast of Common Misfortune
It doesn’t take one to be a Nostradamus to predict the general trends in international affairs for 2023 with certainty. This year will be...
What to Expect from the 2023 Munich Security Conference
Every year since 1963, the Munich Security Conference has hosted governments, experts and companies to come together to discuss Euro-Atlantic defense and security issues....
2023 global economy to be shaped by high inflation and geopolitics
High inflation and low growth are expected to mark the global economy in 2023. However, it will cope better than initially expected with the...
Nations and Capital: The Missing Link in Global Expansion
Most theorists of nationalism claim that nationalism is a modern phenomenon. However, they commonly fail to notice that the phenomenon to which they vaguely...
Water security is a national security issue, here’s why
Water scarcity is a critical concern on the sustainability agenda. Only 1% of the earth’s surface water is accessible drinking water – and one...
What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed about Non-Western Powers
For the past year, many Western analysts have regarded the war in Ukraine as marking a turning point in geopolitics, bringing together not only...