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China tariff policies flounder without a strategy (Van Jackson, CNAS)

The White House is close to announcing investigations into Chinese use of industrial subsidies, the prelude to imposition of tariffs. The probes are known as “301s”,...

“The U.S.-Japan/U.S.-South Korea Alliance” and “the Far East 1905 System”: Perspectives on the 70th Anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the U.S.-Japan...

It will soon be 70 years since the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the first United States-Japan Security Treaty in 1951....

Calculations in Kabul. Turkey’s success in finding a role in Afghanistan could bring its leadership valuable benefits (Marc Pierini, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

After initially offering to secure and run Kabul airport, Turkey is now trying to find a role for itself after the Taliban’s sweeping victory...

Green Digital Diplomacy. Time for the EU to lead (Patryk Pawlak, Fabio Barbero, EUISS)

In the second that just elapsed, over 116 terabytes of data were exchanged throughout the internet (1), an amount comparable to ten times that produced by...

A Next Generation National Information Operations Strategy and Architecture (Jack Kiesler, Belfer Center)

It is 0400 hours EST on March 27, 2019, and the power goes out. It’s utterly dark across the city. I call my wife...

Aircraft carrier evolutions: platforms for the future? (Nick Childs, IISS)

Recent aircraft carrier developments offer pointers about the evolution of future carrier capabilities globally, while also raising questions about directions in development. Nick Childs...

The EU’s approach to artificial intelligence (IISS)

On 21 April 2021, the European Commission (EC) released a regulatory framework to govern the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in European Union member...

Counterproliferation Financing for Virtual Asset Service Providers (Kayla Izenman, RUSI)

Since at least 2014, North Korea has shown increasing cybercrime expertise and interest, more recently expanding into VAs. Throughout 2020 and 2021, the US...

Russia’s Economic Pivot to Asia? (Neil Melvin, RUSI)

A decade after Moscow launched a strategic initiative to reorientate its economy toward Asian markets, Dr Richard Connolly, Director of the Eastern Advisory Group...

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