The fact that Japan is a neighbor of Russia is often overlooked, especially in the West. In fact, Japan has had no land border with Russia for 79 years. But Japan has always faced Russia across the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk, and until 35 years ago was at the forefront of the Cold War in Asia. Now, as the geopolitical conflict between Russia...

What could be more challenging than negotiating peace between two distrustful competing warlords? Negotiating peace between three distrustful competing warlords. For the past year, a fierce battle between two Sudanese armed groups has ripped the country apart: the Sudanese Armed Forces led by Abdel Fattah Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamad...

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has finally unveiled his “victory plan” in a speech before the Ukrainian parliament. The plan was multi-pronged, including...

On Sept. 19, Dr. Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow at the China Institute at SOAS University of London, spoke about her book, The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, co-authored with Steve Tsang. Image: COP PARIS The post The Political Thought of Xi Jinping appeared first on War on the Rocks.

Our military services are steeped in tradition built out of real-life heroics of our predecessors: George Washington and his soldiers fearlessly crossing a frozen Delaware river; Marines raising the flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima; the harrowing contests in the air over Europe by the Tuskegee Airmen and the 100th Bomb Group; James Lawrence’s final...

In 2021, Jim Lamson and Jeffrey Lewis wrote “Iranian President Raisi’s Renewed Emphasis on Space Is Likely to Create New Tensions,” which argued that Iran’s prioritization of space under President Raisi could lead to new challenges for the United States. In the wake of President Raisi’s death and the inauguration of his successor, Masoud Pezeshkian,...