New resistance alliance built to win Myanmar’s civil war
SCEF alliance unites perennially divided anti-junta groups and forces around a single vision of federal democracy
Bangladesh
AI-Amplified Narratives: Measuring Propaganda in LLM Citations
Memos
Iran Fuels Repression in Myanmar
Fuel shipments linked to Iran are helping Myanmar’s military regime to intensify air strikes on civilians trapped in the civil war that has raged since it seized power in a coup five years ago. According...
Policy Briefs
50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled
Memos
The Chance to Save Myanmar
U.S. Economic Tools Can Counter Both the Junta and China
Op-eds
What Qatar wants, Qatar gets
How a tiny but extraordinarily wealthy emirate buys influence
Op-eds
‘Valid for all countries except Israel’
Authorities in Bangladesh announced that they were reintroducing what is essentially a disclaimer on the passports issued to its citizens.
Op-eds
Blackout
International Energy Policies Threaten U.S. National Security
Monographs
A suppressed voice for truth from within the United Nations
Alice Nderitu sought to make forgotten conflicts in the world a topic of discussion and action, but everyone wanted her to focus on what she wouldn’t call a genocide in Gaza.
Op-eds
Iran’s Energy Crisis
Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined product shortages, this time Iran is undergoing an energy meltdown, with parallel shortages...
Op-eds
The Islamic State and Iran remain determined to attack the US
Despite the recent successes of federal law enforcement agencies, the number of attempted attacks underscores these adversaries’ determination. Since the October 8 arrest of an Afghan man...
Op-eds
Targeting Taiwan
Beijing’s Playbook for Economic and Cyber Warfare
Memos
The “bonds are close” as the Pakistani Taliban benefits from its Afghan safe haven
The Afghan Taliban and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan maintain a “close” relationship, the United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team reported. The Movement of the Taliban...
Op-eds
Tightening the Belt or End of the Road? China’s BRI at 10
Memos
Italy is about to say to Beijing, ‘Hit the road, Xi’
Rome's anticipated departure from the Belt and Road Initiative likely marks the end of the project’s grand European aspirations, Elaine Dezenski writes.
Op-eds
Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial
Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia
Memos
Ending Global Reliance on Russia’s Nuclear Energy Sector
Memos
It’s not just the EU that needs to scrutinize Qatar’s influence campaigns
There’s nothing wrong with deploying capital for economic growth — but Doha seeks to gain sway too.