Politics
New assurances regarding the backstop will likely secure Brexit, but it would also inflame nationalist passions in Ireland which would threaten the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom

Qatar: Forging Alliances in Lebanon
February 13, 2019
Greece ends Macedonia name dispute
February 8, 2019
The risks of American military involvement in Venezuela
February 6, 2019
How can Britain escape the Brexit impasse?
January 28, 2019
Will inflexibility on Brexit undermine the EU?
January 26, 2019Economics
Argentina’s economy and political turmoil are on full display at the start of 2019. The country is in the midst

Myanmar is set to embrace Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative
January 4, 2019
International agreements: a sprinkle of optimism
December 4, 2018
Can Kosovo’s tariffs on Bosnia and Serbia last?
November 23, 2018
UN report puts German automakers in unfamiliar territory
October 29, 2018Finance
A series of defaults by India’s key infrastructure lender, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), has sparked fears about the health of other non-bank lenders and led to a squeeze in India’s corporate debt market that these lenders have relied upon.

The Week Ahead: 9-15 September
September 10, 2018
Erdogan’s lira problem
June 13, 2018Security
The downstream effects of Brexit, and particularly a no-deal Brexit, have harrowing consequences for the safety of Britons. If there is no deal on 29 March, the UK’s counterterrorism and policing operations risk being significantly burdened by borders and hindered by restrictions on intelligence sharing.

UAE’s relations with Somalia flounder over Qatar
February 1, 2019
Yemen – Hopeful Ceasefire in Hodeida
January 20, 2019
Bridging the Gap in Emerging Technology: “Overmatch”
January 18, 2019
Kosovo: Creating a full army out of its security force
January 14, 2019Natural Resources
Due to its geographic location, natural resource extraction in the Arctic circle is strategically important for Russia’s overall energy strategy. At the same time, Russia is gradually shifting away from the traditional state-controlled gas trade through pipelines and is increasing its LNG production.

An unlikely partnership in New Zealand leads the way on biosecurity
November 30, 2018
Climate Change: Heating up Arctic competition
November 23, 2018
The Special Purpose Vehicle and the future of the Iran deal
October 6, 2018Technology

Gene-editing, security, and uncertainty
October 25, 2018
New US cyber policy suggests more active response to state threats
October 11, 2018
DRC Cobalt: A potential achilles heel of electric vehicles
October 5, 2018