On September 9, 2025, the government of Ethiopia officially inaugurated Africa’s largest dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This massive project ...

In the early morning hours on September 10, more than a dozen Russian target drones crossed into Polish airspace, before less than a dozen were shot down by ...

PCG interactions in the South China Sea, another player in the dispute—Taiwan—rarely figures into the broader regional ...

By any measure, the Norwegian decision to order at least five Type 26 frigates is a historic moment. In terms of scale, cost, and military capability, it is ...

Kupanda Capital and senior adviser (non-resident) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He previously ...

In November 2025, South Africa will host the G-20 Summit in Johannesburg. There is a serious risk that the event will become ...

Against the backdrop of summits and stalled peace talks, the Russo-Ukrainian continues to grind on. The rapid evolution of ...

Rather than focusing merely on technological breakthroughs, China’s approach emphasizes integration: ensuring that AI capabilities are not only developed, but ...

A flurry of back-and-forth diplomacy, a renewed Russian offensive, and a rare outburst of protest in Ukraine. The Kyiv Dispatch with Fabrice Deprez returns to ...

The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell sits down with Rob Lee, a military expert and senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, to assess the ...

For years, the main stage at the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) has given US defense secretaries an annual opportunity to describe US strategy in the Indo-Pacific, highlight important initiatives with ...

In the past six months, two different opinion pieces, here and here, have raised the possibility of reviving the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). These recommendations are by no means new. Over the ...