How Hamas Angled for Russia-China Support
Moscow and Beijing have their reasons to hope for Hamas’ survival.
Chatham House
Politics Risk Derailing One of America’s Most Important Strategic Agreements
China is the biggest winner from the current train wreck that is the Marshall Islands–United States COFA negotiations.
Op-eds
Former Malaita Premier (and Noted China Critic) Gets Bipartisan Support for US Visa
Daniel Suidani became a symbol of resistance to China’s influence in Solomon Islands – until he was ousted from his post.
Op-eds
Is Anyone Listening to the Pacific Islands?
What do people of the Pacific Islands think about China’s plans for the region and the U.S. response?
Op-eds
Economic and human security in the Indo-Pacific
China has established a dominant presence in the Indo-Pacific through exploitative economic engagements. This has destabilised smaller nations in the region and made them dependent on Chinese support. For a free and open Indo-Pacific, India must press its advantage in human and economic capacity building.
Op-eds
Erdogan hopes to salvage relations with the Gulf to save Turkey’s economy
In a bid to shore up Turkey’s flailing economy and rescue its nosediving currency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Doha on Monday in the hope that his Qatari allies can provide much-needed...
Op-eds
Foreign Intervention Complicates Solomon Islands Unrest
The problem was sparked by perceived CCP interference. It can’t be solved by Australia taking a similarly heavy hand.
Op-eds
The Road To Damascus Is Paved With Good Intentions
Excerpt Carsten Wieland, Syria and the Neutrality Trap: The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes (Bloomsbury, 2021) Bashar al Assad relied on Russian warplanes to ensure his...
Op-eds
Oceania and Canada: Building Bridges in the Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Excerpt As Canada formulates its own Free and Open Indo-Pacific policy that supports its interests, engages on development, and promotes a rules-based order in the region, Ottawa will have to decide how...
Op-eds
Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself is Brought to Desolation
Excerpt “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” – Matthew 12:25 Democracy is a delicate machine composed...
Op-eds
How the Pacific Islands Forum Fell Apart
The decision by Micronesian countries to leave the PIF will have major strategic implications.
Op-eds
Yes, Virginia, the Trump Administration Does Have a China Strategy
The administration is pursuing a whole-of-government approach to counter China’s concept of Comprehensive National Power.
Op-eds
Iran Spends $16 Billion Annually to Support Terrorists and Rogue Regimes
“Leave Gaza, leave Lebanon, my life for Iran,” chanted a crowd of pro...
Policy Briefs
The Myth of Lone-Wolf Terrorism
Co-written with Nathaniel Barr This month, Europe has again been rocked by a series of shocking terrorist attacks perpetrated by lone individuals and claimed in the name of the...
Op-eds
A 2016 Mideast Dispatch
In this report from the future, the U.S. pulls out of the Gulf as the Saudis cozy up to Avigdor Lieberman
Op-eds
Al Qaeda’s Resurgence
FOUR YEARS AGO, HIS WORDS WOULD have represented an almost unquestioned consensus view. In late January, the State Department's counterterrorism coordinator, Dell Dailey, described al Qaeda&...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda’s Resurgence
Four years ago, his words would have represented an almost unquestioned consensus view. In late January, the State Department's counterterrorism coordinator, Dell Dailey, described al Qaeda's top leadership as isolated, saying that they have "much, much less central authority and much, much less capability to reach out."
Op-eds
The Indian Tiger’s African Safari
While the African travels of Chinese leaders and their troubling arms sales to regimes on the continent, have caused increasing concern in Washington and other Western capitals, India's grow...
Op-eds
Symposium: Strategies of Death
FP: Daveed Gartenstein Ross, Walid Phares, Steven Emerson and Bill Roggio, welcome to Frontpage Symposium. Daveed Gartenstein Ross, let’s begin with you....
Op-eds
West Africa and the Coming Naval Battle in al-Qaeda’s Economic War Against America
Despite the unfortunate tendency among many talking heads to oppose "soft power" to "hard power" – usually these days to the detriment of the latter – the truth is that the two aspect...