Publications

This bulletin reviews 1) the US’ and China’s foreign aid programs since the 1950s, including their key objectives and how they rivaled one another; and 2) the possible impact of the Trump administration’s mooted cuts to the US aid program. The latter cuts would come at a...chevron_right

Amidst an increasingly uncertain political environment, this paper examines the future of energy and climate discourse in 2017. The text’s authors offer a number of conjectures regarding: 1) the geopolitics of oil prices; 2) the central importance of evolving...chevron_right

This brief discusses the upcoming CELAC-EU summit in San Salvador. Given the current political climate, the brief’s author argues that Latin American and Caribbean Countries (LAC) need to work closely with Europe in order to maintain the existing liberal economic order. However, due to...chevron_right

What will be the post-Brexit fate of the three Million EU citizens now living in Britain? One option under discussion is naturalizing all non-UK EU nationals as UK citizens. Unfortunately, the hurdles to this particular plan include 1) deciding who is entitled to receive...chevron_right

This brief analyzes two instances of electoral intervention through data leaks – i.e., the 2016 US presidential election and the subsequent 2017 French presidential vote. The text sadly concludes that electoral third party interventions and tampering are likely here to stay.chevron_right

Why do so many institutions and systems function at suboptimal levels? According to this commentary, the ultimate culprits are aggregated interruptions and distractions, which add to an organization’s ‘marginal losses’. To minimize the corrosive effects of...chevron_right

Last year Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal and Sweden established a new type of partnership in order to provide a C-130 transport aircraft for UN peacekeeping operations. This report concludes that this ‘plug-and-play’ approach, otherwise known as the Multinational Rotation...chevron_right

In this transcript, the CSBA’s Jesse Sloman 1) assesses the current capabilities of US amphibious forces, which are slipping when compared to Russia and China; and 2) lays out the improvements that are necessary if the US Navy and Marine Corps hope to deal with capable adversaries in the future.chevron_right

This commentary reviews the key decisions made at NATO’s 2016 Warsaw Summit and analyzes their impact on the Alliance’s ‘projecting stability’ agenda, which emphasizes the need for strong future partnerships and cooperative capacity building.chevron_right

On the heels of President Moon Jae-In’s electoral victory in South Korea, this note explores the potential impact of his election on the country’s foreign policy. Although Moon would like to reinstate the ‘Sunshine Policy’ of the early 2000’s, which promoted a softer approach to...chevron_right

This paper breaks down Prime Minister Modi’s shifting attitude towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and why it signals an overall change in India’s Palestine policy. Basically, the Indian leader wants to establish individual relations with both Israel and Palestine, and...chevron_right

This brief examines Nigeria’s struggle with food insecurity, which it links to plummeting food production, internal displacement, and the destruction of economic infrastructure. These pathologies, in turn, are attributable to the ongoing insurgency by Boko Haram and...chevron_right

Following the unprecedented outbreak of famine in Africa and the Middle East early this year, this paper speculates on how China could use its Belt and Road Initiative to mitigate the crisis and ensure successful aid delivery.chevron_right

This commentary examines the responses to the Indonesian government’s recent recommendation to legally prohibit the Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI). While some observers have criticized the proposal as a violation of the freedom of expression and assembly, this...chevron_right

According to this commentary, the dispute between Russia and Belarus over energy prices and subsidies has grown worse over the past few years. Basically, Moscow wants to reduce the costs of propping up Belarus and, as a result, is working to cut the latter’s...chevron_right