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What does the US drawdown in Romania mean for European defense? (Atlantic Council)

On Wednesday, the Romanian defense ministry and US military announced that the United States will withdraw a brigade of troops that had been rotating...

Experts react: What does the Trump-Xi meeting mean for trade, technology, security, and beyond? (Atlantic Council)

On a scale of zero to ten: “twelve.” That’s how US President Donald Trump rated his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at an...

A New President, Neutrality and an EU Presidency: Ireland’s Defence Dilemma (Edward Burke – RUSI)

The election of Catherine Connolly as Ireland’s President will raise concerns in Europe about a shift in Ireland towards isolationism that stands at odds...

Turkish Transport Projects Reshape South Caucasus Connectivity (Emil Avdaliani – The Jamestown Foundation)

Türkiye is advancing the $1.615 billion Eastern Türkiye Railway Infrastructure Development Project (ETMIC), which will modernize the Divrigi–Kars–Georgia line with electrification, signaling, and advanced...

Putin Returns to Brinksmanship After New U.S. Sanctions (Pavel K. Baev – The Jamestown Foundation)

U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest and imposed sanctions on Russia for the first...

DeepSeek Use in PRC Military and Public Security Systems (Sunny Cheung, Kai-shing Lau – The Jamestown Foundation)

Military procurement documents show that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is adopting homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) systems like DeepSeek to accelerate its shift toward...

CSIS Satellite Imagery Analysis Reveals Possible Signs of Renewed Nuclear Activity in Iran (Joseph Rodgers and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. – Center for Strategic...

On October 18, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced that all of its obligations under the 10-year-old Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—the Iran...

China Can Fight a Trade War, but Its Real Test Is Growth Reform (Zongyuan Zoe Liu – Council on Foreign Relations)

The Chinese economy has shown resilience despite external headwinds as the Trump administration ramps up its trade war, but long-term structural challenges remain. China Can...

Authoritarian reach and democratic response: A tactical framework to counter and prevent transnational repression (Marcus Kolga, Sze-Fung Lee, Iria Puyosa, Kenton Thibaut, and Lisandra...

Foreign interference (FI) and transnational repression (TNR) represent a fundamental challenge to the international rules-based order by employing tactics that exist below the threshold...

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