Geopolitics

Gramsci’s Neo-Marxism and Chinese Hybrid Warfare

To understand China’s longterm strategy of undermining the West, we must look to Antonio Gramsci, the neo-marxist thinker known for popularizing the concept of a “long march through the institutions”

The Interlocking Dynamics of U.S.-India-Pakistan-China Relations in South Asian Geopolitics

The geopolitics of South Asia, home to about a quarter of the world’s population, is increasingly informed by a series of dynamic and interconnected bilateral relationships

The Impersonal Forces of Geography: Review of C. Raja Mohan’s “India and the Rebalancing of Asia”  

The connections between the Indian subcontinent and East Asia, though neglected by strategists in the 19th and 20th centuries, are set to define geopolitics entering the mid-21st century

Tolkien, Technology, and Geopolitics 

While gene-editing and all-seeing orbs belonged to the realm of fantasy in Tolkien’s own time, today these technologies have the capacity to fundamentally reshape societies and the global order of nations

Do Americans Still See Themselves as the ‘Good Guys’?

As the global threat environment worsens, it is crucial that Americans believe that the founding ideals of their nation are still worth fighting for

John C. Calhoun, Ayatollah Khamenei, and the Geopolitics of Middle Powers

Present-day Iran and antebellum America share surprising similarities in their strategic approaches to resisting the influence of the superpowers of their day, Britain for the antebellum US and America for Iran

Losing Taiwan Would End US Hegemony – Losing Eastern Ukraine Would Not

While our European allies remain important, the U.S. must refocus on deterring China given the CCP’s efforts to reshape the global economy in its favor, including Europe

How Conservatives Learned to Love the Soviet Union

The right-wing embrace of Vladimir Putin as a dictator and enemy of the freedoms Americans hold dear is a stunning rebuke to decades of struggle against Soviet tyranny

How Long Can Indonesia Stay Neutral Amid Chinese Aggression?

Indonesia has long sought to balance its desire for Chinese investment with its need to defend its sovereignty, but as China’s aggression in the South China Sea increases, Indonesia is at a crossroads.

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