Ensuring Rare Earth Elements for National Security
In August of 2022, President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act enacted some of the largest-ever subsidies and rebates to incentivize the domestic production and c...
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Analyzing Taiwan’s Readiness and Response to PRC Offensive Cyber Operations
Offensive cyber operations (OCOs) are a critical component of the PLA’s zero-sum “intelligentized” warfare strategy against Taiwan, which the Russian war in Ukr...
How the World’s Largest Oil Company ‘Greenwashes’ the Truth
“Investing in Growth, Innovating for Sustainability” Typed in sleek white ink, these six words headline a 230-page document complete with modern visuals and tre...
Like A Glove: Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage and American Foreign Policy
At 2:03am on the 26th of September, 2022, the Geological Survey of Denmark recorded a 2.3 magnitude tremor originating from the depths of the Baltic Sea; but th...
Algerians Don’t Appreciate the Audacity
For decades, Algerians have proudly chanted the slogan “One, Two, Three – Viva l’Algerie!” in the face of adversity. Yet even this slogan, which has...
Does the Israeli-Lebanese maritime border agreement have any gas left in its tank?
Historical Background Think of someone you disagree with the most — maybe you have even scuffled once or twice — and now you two must sit in a room together and...
Setbacks in Nicaragua’s democracy and the weakness of the elections
Are elections in Nicaragua a double-edged tool used to suppress democracy? Nicaraguan democracy has historically been affected by several civil wars and coups d...
Executive Control of Institutions: The Path between Independence against Opacity
In a speech delivered in November, Indian Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, who is tasked with overseeing the judiciary, called the body’s so-called “Collegium” ...
Energy Apartheid: Planned Power Cuts Shine a Light on Electricity Inequality
Scheduled power cuts, commonly known as load-shedding , have threatened the political and economic stability of South Africa since 2008. The state-owned power u...
Why a symbolic exchange matters: Signaling in Biden-Xi Summit
On November 14, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden met in person with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in his presidency. This summit, conducte...