Category: National Security

Tran authors op-ed in The Diplomat on tensions in the South China Sea

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Experts react: What to expect after Iranian attacks on Erbil

On January 15, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for missile attacks into Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, that killed four and may have wounded as many as seventeen. The attacks largely hit civilian areas, killing a well-known Kurdish real estate developer and four members of his family. According

Michta in RealClearWorld on the necessity of a revised US national security strategy

ORIGINAL SOURCE On January 18, an article written by Andrew Michta, Director and Senior Fellow in the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, was featured in RealClearWorld discussing how the United States requires a new national security strategy to better address both the war in Ukraine and larger “period of protracted systemic instability worldwide.” Washington is in need

Michta in Politico discussing the need for a new US national security strategy

ORIGINAL SOURCE On January 14, Andrew Michta, Director and Senior Fellow of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, was published by Politico on why Congress’s failure to pass the Ukraine aid package in December 2023 demonstrates that the United States should develop a new national security strategy. He argues that “the U.S. and its allies should have

Threats from Yemen are increasing. It’s time to redesignate the Houthis.

When the Joe Biden administration reversed the Donald Trump administration’s 2021 Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation and the Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) designation of the Houthi rebels, the stated intent was to support peace efforts, enable humanitarian relief, and deliver aid. Unfortunately, while the near-immediate reversal of the FTO status was meant to assist the millions of impoverished Yemenis dependent on

Fake history is a crucial weapon in Vladimir Putin’s bid to destroy Ukraine

It is doubtful Vladimir Putin actually believes much of the anti-Ukrainian propaganda coming from the Kremlin’s echo chamber. After all, few educated people would. Still, he and his colleagues have little choice but to vigorously counter Ukraine’s compelling national narrative of a country emerging from centuries of imperial subjugation and reclaiming its place among the

Michta in City Journal discussing the Hamas attack

ORIGINAL SOURCE On October 10, an article by Dr. Andrew Mitcha, director and senior fellow of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, was published in City Journal on the implications of Hamas’s attack on Israel for strategic competition. Michta argued that the attack demonstrates that mass is still key on the battlefield and the possibility of a

The role of nuclear weapons in a Taiwan crisis

download pdf Executive summary The potential for a conflict over Taiwan is increasing due to China’s nuclear and conventional military buildup and the threat of two simultaneous conflicts with China and Russia, which would severely stress the ability of US and allied conventional forces to win in both theaters. Nuclear weapons will cast a long

Why Ukraine refuses to negotiate with “habitual liar” Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has dismissed mounting calls for a negotiated settlement with Russia, arguing that Vladimir Putin simply cannot be trusted to keep his word. In a withering social media post published on November 14, Ukraine’s top diplomat claimed Russia routinely disregards its international commitments and cited numerous examples of the Kremlin blatantly