CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA

Saudi Arabia Throws Down the Gauntlet, But to Whom?

Saudi Arabia’s theater of mass executions on January 2, 2016, was designed to reinforce the authority of its leadership. It may bolster short-term objectives, but it also ended chances for an early end to the Yemen war; it further damaged relations with the US; and it bolstered Turkey’s and Iran’s…

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Second Deputy Prime Minister and chief of the House of Saud Royal Court, and chairman of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs, is the world’s youngest defense minister. Seen here in Moscow in June 2015 with Pres. Vladimir Putin

How Niger's Attempted Coup Exposed Decisive Geopolitical Competition in West Africa

Xi Lashes Out in the Pacific and Africa, But to What End?

The jury remains out as to whether Beijing has a clearly thought-through agenda with the Pacific Islands Forum, meeting this week, or even in Africa, or whether it is just lashing out to show that it still matters. But, rest assured, it is lashing out.

Saudi Arabia Throws Down the Gauntlet, But to Whom?

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How Niger's Attempted Coup Exposed Decisive Geopolitical Competition in West Africa

Xi Lashes Out in the Pacific and Africa, But to What End?

EARLY WARNING | Winning the War of Words Means Knowing When to Fall Silent

Is the Craving for Order Over Chaos Destroying Long-Term Strategic Logic?