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Afghanistan’s Descent into Extremism: The Alarming Rise of Militant Networks in Taliban-Controlled Territory
NEW DELHI -, June 10,2025 - Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has once again become a critical epicentre for...
June 10, 2025
Germany’s €500 Billion Infrastructure Gamble: Bold Shift or Budgetary Overreach?
May 30,2025 - Germany's new government led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz has launched one of the most ambitious economic spending initiatives in the...
May 30, 2025
‘MOP Up Option’: Inside the U.S. Plan to Hit Iran’s Underground Nuclear Sites (From 1945)
The full text of this article is available below and on the 1945 website here. The Iran MOP Up Option: Air Force’s Biggest Bombs are Ready to...
May 27, 2025
This Is What De-Nuking Iran Could Look Like If Trump Orders Military Strikes (From FOX News)
By Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D., Vice President, Lexington Institute. The full text of this article is available below and on FOX News here. May...
May 7, 2025
Trump Warns Putin ‘STOP!’ But History Says That’s Not Enough – Just Ask Reagan (From FOX News)
May 1, 2025 - “Vladimir, STOP! 5,000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get the peace deal DONE,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday. Oh, the...
May 1, 2025
India’s Battle Against Eco-Terrorism and Global Trafficking
NEW DELHI - April22, 2025 - India’s biodiversity crisis has escalated into a national security threat, as wildlife trafficking large profits...
April 22, 2025
Germany’s Energy Transition: From Piped Gas to LNG and Renewables
April 11, 2025 - Germany's decision to end piped gas imports, mainly from Russia, and transition to liquefied natural gas (LNG) marks a profound shift...
April 11, 2025
American Advantage: The Strategic Value of Aerospace-Grade Carbon Fiber Composites
April 7, 2025 - U.S. defense programs are becoming more reliant than ever on lightweight carbon fiber composites. From helicopter blades to the wings...
April 7, 2025
7 Combat Systems Ukraine Could Lose Without a Trump Deal on Aid (From FOX News)
March 11, 2025 - Ukraine fields high-tech weapons that rely on US technology and missiles to stay up-to-date Zelenskyy needs to Docusign that minerals...
March 11, 2025
Global Diplomacy after Trump’s Meeting with Zelensky
March 07, 2025 - The recent Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sent diplomatic...
March 7, 2025
Putin Still Has a Taste for War (From the FOX News Rundown)
March 05, 2025 - Rare earth minerals, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Zelensky in Munich, the bottling up of Crimea and Putin’s future war...
March 5, 2025
Two New Chinese Warplanes Could Mean The End Of U.S. Air Superiority (From Federal News Radio)
February 27, 2025 - As if not enough is going on in the world, the Chinese military has flown two new stealthy jets. Some military observers consider...
February 27, 2025
Here’s How the Pentagon Purge Can Succeed (From FOX News)
February 25, 2025 - A reset of the Department of Defense brass could set us up to counter the threat from China. Read at FOX...
February 25, 2025
The Rising Tide of Extremism: Why Central Asian Youth Are Drawn to Terrorist Groups- An Inside Mind Theory
February 19, 2025 - In recent years, the increasing attraction of Central Asian youth to extremist and Takfiri groups has become a major security...
February 19, 2025
Affordable Supersonic Travel is Coming Soon
February 17, 2025 - Boom Achieves Supersonic Flight. The first civil supersonic jet made in America breaks the sound barrier in historic Mojave...
February 17, 2025
The Arab Superpower Emerges: Redefining Global Power Dynamics – A Point-Blank Analysis
February 14, 2025 - At the Verge of a New Beginning. A new geopolitical force is emerging—an independent Arab bloc wielding economic strength, military...
February 14, 2025
Trump is Serious about Change in the Ukraine War (From the FOX News Rundown)
February 11, 2025 - Oil prices, Ukraine in NATO, the decimation of the Russian military and what about a meeting between President Donald J. Trump and...
February 11, 2025
Type 2 Diabetes in the U.S.: Very Costly, Preventable, and Reversible
February 5, 2025 - In 2021–2023, 40.3% of adults in the U.S. had obesity. The primary causes are bad diet and lack of exercise. Too many ultra processed...
February 5, 2025
Trump’s Blueprint for Iran, Plus Gaza, the Houthis, Saudi Arabia and AI:  Quick Takes from The Brian Kilmeade Show (FOX...
January 29, 2025 - Host Brian Kilmeade and I discussed the Gaza hostage deal, the heavy U.S. military pressure on Iran including rotation of five...
January 29, 2025
Rondo: Industrial Heat from Bricks
January 24, 2025 - For the time being, a world running on clean, affordable, and reliable renewable energy is an aspiration, rather than an achievable...
January 24, 2025
Strengthening Global Alliances: GPI Partners with Ajeenkya DY Patil University
On January 13, 2025, the Global Policy Institute (GPI) and Ajeenkya DY Patil University (ADYPU) in India signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding...
January 21, 2025
“More Ships” Must Become a Battle Cry for Today’s Maritime Industrial Base
January 15, 2024 -This is a battle America can win. The mismatch between the Navy’s proposed fleet size and shipbuilding plans, and America’s strained...
January 15, 2025
Navy Standard Missiles Divide and Conquer 62 Miles Up (From National Interest)
January 06, 2025 - The confusion over SM-3 highlights why the incoming Trump administration must pay closer attention to missile defense production...
January 6, 2025
Boosting The Maritime Industrial Base for Navy Combat Power (From RealClearDefense)
January 02, 2025 - President-elect Trump’s incoming defense team will soon face a sobering fact: China’s navy is bigger than the U.S. Navy. “Our U.S...
January 2, 2025
AI Can Boost Urban Farming Productivity
December 30, 2024 - Artificial Intelligence, AI, can help boost the growth of a new modality to grow food: vertical urban farming. Yes, we are talking...
December 30, 2024
Slam the Backdoor on China but Keep American Global Business, Allies in AI
December 20, 2024 - Outgoing Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has been tireless and effective in her efforts to keep China from accessing the most...
December 20, 2024
Is Urolithin A the “Elixir of Long Life?”
December 16, 2024 - A great deal of money has been and is invested in the “wellness” industry around the world. Some of it goes into longevity...
December 16, 2024
The U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Orca Anti-Submarine Drone, China and the Pacific (From CBS Radio “Eye on the World” with John...
December 11, 2024 - Meet Orca, an autonomous submarine, nearly the size of an 18-wheeler truck, and the biggest unmanned underwater vehicle in the Navy...
December 11, 2024
Green Economy Tomorrow, Climate Adaptation Now
December 6, 2024 - The outcome of the turbulent COP 29 climate gathering which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan prompts a couple of important...
December 6, 2024
From Sewage Water to NewBrew Beer
December 4, 2024 - Some consumers today can buy and safely consume great tasting beer made with recycled wastewater. True or false? It is actually a...
December 4, 2024
Innovation Ecosystems
October 29, 2024 - What is the magic formula for successful technological innovation? In broad terms, we know. You need a country with a sizable...
October 30, 2024
Poland Will Be the New NATO Abrams Tank Center for Sustainment and Co-Production 
October 21, 2024 - The first of the Polish Army’s 250 new M-1 Abrams V3 tanks, the most modern version, will soon be delivered to that stalwart East...
October 21, 2024
6 Ways Iran Could Strike U.S. in the Mideast or Here at Home (from Fox News)
October 10, 2024 - As I wrote for FOX News today, Iran’s terror goons are in crisis mode right now. Having seen their missile attack on Israel fail...
October 10, 2024
Water Used in Hydraulic Fracturing is Now Recycled
October 1, 2024 - Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is the phenomenal technological innovation that unleashed a U.S. boom in the...
October 1, 2024
Poland’s Secret Weapon Goes Beyond Abrams Tanks (From RealClearDefense)
September 30, 2024 - Poland has a secret weapon. No, not just the Abrams main battle tanks, F-35 stealth fighters, Patriot air defenses, Apache...
September 30, 2024
First-Ever ‘China Week’ Takes Aim At America’s Dependence On Beijing (From Fox News)
September 27, 2024 - The China fight is on.  Read my FOX Opinion piece here.  ICYMI, last week the House of Representatives passed...
September 27, 2024
Fighter Planes Rule, So Why Is The USAF Delaying Its Advanced NGAD Plane? (From RealClearDefense)
September 16, 2024 - Take a look at the forces deterring Iran in CENTCOM, and one conclusion jumps out: fighter planes rule. Yet the Air Force has...
September 16, 2024
The EU Retools For New Assaults On American Companies (From RealClearMarkets)
September 11, 2024 - The European Union (EU) has gone after American business with a vengeance for the past decade, imposing billions of dollars of...
September 11, 2024
China Beats America in STEM Education
September 5, 2024 - Here is the hard truth. China is massively ahead of the U.S. in the number of schools, research centers, scientists and university...
September 5, 2024
With Focus On Red Sea, U.S. Navy Has An Aircraft Carrier Gap In The Pacific (From Defense Opinion)
August 27, 2024 - Sending the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier at high speed to the Middle East has created an aircraft carrier gap in the Pacific...
August 27, 2024
Kursk Pocket Shows Ukraine Still in the Fight (From Real Clear Defense)
August 19, 2024 - Ukraine’s war against Russia is a stalemate no more. Putin did not see this coming. And NATO is content to let Ukraine take the war to...
August 19, 2024
Iran Beware: US Moves These 6 Top Of The Line Strike Options Into Position In The Middle East
August 12, 2024 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is making sure U.S. Central Command is prepared to attack Iran, and/or its proxies, if Tehran...
August 15, 2024
South Africa’s Solar Boom
August 14, 2024 - The African National Congress, South Africa’s governing party since 1994, is a sad illustration of African corruption and...
August 14, 2024
A Tale of Two AI Announcements: Governments Glum, Google Gritty
Jule 24, 2024 - Yesterday there were two notable announcements about the future of Artificial Intelligence that were diametrically at odds in tone and...
August 6, 2024
Africa Will Miss the AI Revolution
August 1, 2024 - The Economist recently noted that The Netherlands, with a population of only 18 million, has more data centers than the entire African...
August 2, 2024
The U.S. Marines: They’ve Got The Answer, But Not The Ships (From RealClearDefense)
June 18, 2024 - The U.S. Marine Corps has been developing solutions to the China problem. Numbers will favor the PRC in any crisis that features...
July 1, 2024
French President Macron: “Europe Can Die”
WASHINGTON — In an April 25 speech at The Sorbonne focused on security issues French President Emmanuel Macron stated that “Europe can die”. Let me be...
May 22, 2024
In Ukraine (and Elsewhere) Russia and Friends Will Win by Default
May 1, 2024 - It is a sign of our troubled times that the much delayed vote by the US House of Representatives to approve a large package of military...
May 2, 2024
How The Left Long Ago Won The Moral High Ground
WASHINGTON — Beyond the complex Left versus Right debates, and the endless diatribes on the merit of this or that public policy advocated or opposed by...
April 25, 2024
Our Economic And National Security Depend On Microelectronics No Longer Made In America
March 19, 2024 - In 2017, the Economist declared: “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.” The backbone of this digital economy...
March 21, 2024
Patriots Among Us
February 22, 2024 - While we all enjoyed our President’s Day off on Monday, today is actually George Washington’s birthday. All hail to our first...
February 22, 2024
America’s B-1 Bomber Teaches Iran A Firepower Lesson (From Fox News)
February 9, 2024 - On Friday, strikes by U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers demolished 85 aimpoints at four Iran proxy militia target areas in Syria and three...
February 12, 2024
Europe and the African Population Explosion
January 19, 2024 - Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON — Assuming that the ongoing, substantial migration of Africans to Europe...
February 5, 2024
Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM Program Is Struggling, Potentially Impacting Nuclear Deterrence (From Forbes)
January 01, 2024 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Bloomberg News reports that the Air Force’s effort to replace its aging ICBM...
February 1, 2024
U.S. Marine Corps Could Be Left With No Effective Amphibious Warfare Fleet (From 1945)
October 20, 2022 - Issue by by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. The Department of Defense may be creating a “perfect storm,” a situation in which LSD...
October 24, 2022
The Biggest Threat To America’s Global Dominance In Software & Services Isn’t China–It’s Washington (From Forbes)
October 10, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Over the last 20 years, software and digital services have become the most...
October 11, 2022
A Diminished America Cannot Win In Ukraine
Looking at the ongoing war in Ukraine, the most optimistic assessment is that Washington, notwithstanding enormous efforts to isolate Moscow and huge...
October 4, 2022
Green tech investment could reach $5 trillion by 2025
August 17, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Andrea Zanon. For global markets, investing in sustainable business is the only way forward...
August 21, 2022
Tribute to the great journalist Claude Salhani
August 17, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff. When a Hezbollah suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into the makeshift US...
Guidance for America from wise friends
August 15, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow. Martin Sieff. The Biden administration remains determined to continue its dangerous confrontation with one...
August 20, 2022
Morocco’s Road to Development
August 08, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – Morocco: here is a North African economy working hard to promote...
August 9, 2022
Beijing’s Blockade Of Taiwan Is The Latest Sign Washington Needs To Streamline Its Defense Trade With Allies (From Forbes)
August 05, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. The United States government maintains a complex system for controlling arms...
August 7, 2022
A tribute to David Trimble: A Nobel Peace Laureate Worthy of the Award
August 02, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff. I got to know David Trimble quite well on his many visits to Washington during the...
Business in Africa goes through Morocco
July 22, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. MARRAKECH – Thanks to a partnership agreement between the Corporate Council on Africa...
July 23, 2022
Raytheon’s SPY-6 Radar Family Will Revolutionize U.S. Navy Operations (From 1945)
July 15, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. The U.S. Navy’s new operational approach to winning a high-end fight with a peer...
July 17, 2022
GSA’s Power Grab Over DFTS Puts Critical Defense Transportation Contracts At Risk (From 19FortyFive)
June 28, 2022 Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure For more than a decade, the Department of Defense (DoD) struggled to find the right contracting...
July 4, 2022
House Strategic Forces Panel Warns Plan For Airborne Control Of Nuclear Weapons In Wartime Is Lagging (From Forbes)
June 16, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Advisor Loren B. Thompson. The Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee is warning...
June 20, 2022
1930s, here we come!
May 29, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. Pundits all over the media are proclaiming gloomily that we are in for a re-run of the...
May 30, 2022
When Describing Historic Events Clarity Is Essential
May 15, 202 - Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON — There is a memorial plaque at a major institution in Washington, DC. It was...
May 22, 2022
Win-Win Globalization Was a Dream
May 07, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON — On February 24, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, not...
Cleaner U.S. Oil & Gas Sector Catalyzes A Cleaner Industry Worldwide (From RealClearEnergy)
May 6, 202 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Paul Steidler. The staggering pollution from Russia’s pre-war, largely unregulated oil and natural gas industry...
May 9, 2022
Russian Aggression Highlights Need To Bolster P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Force (From Forbes)
May 5, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Most of the war coverage from Ukraine is about what’s happening on the ground, but...
Putin Learns A Lesson Washington Knows All Too Well: Military Power Can Kill People, But It Can’t Change Them (From Forbes)
April 14, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Vladimir Putin apparently launch Russia’s invasion of Ukraine believing that...
April 17, 2022
End Of The Green Illusion? Not Yet
April 13, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. Now it is fairly clear. Getting to a green, decarbonized economy in order to stop...
Air Force Confirms It Plans To Slash F-35 Buy In 2023–But Can’t Explain Why (From Forbes)
March 28th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. The Air Force publicly confirmed on March 28 that it intends to buy a much...
April 3, 2022
What Happened To Putin’s Little Green Men? (From RealClearDefense)
March 22nd, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. Moscow’s assault on Ukraine seems to contradict what we had anticipated about how a future...
Putin’s Biggest Ukraine Blunder: Energizing German Rearmament (From Forbes)
March 10th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is turning into an epic disaster–for...
March 14, 2022
5 Things NATO Must Do To Deter A Dangerous Russia (From 1945)
March 9th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. The U.S. and Europe must now come to terms with the reality that no set of common interests...
How To Defend America Against A Russian Nuclear Attack (From RealClearDefense)
March 13th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. The conventional wisdom among nuclear experts has long held that defense against...
What The US Army Must Do To Prepare For A War With Russia (From 1945)
February 25th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is just the latest in a series of aggressions the Kremlin has...
March 1, 2022
Putin’s Ukraine Invasion Makes Poland The Linchpin Of U.S. Military Plans In Europe (From Forbes)
February 25th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. With Russian dominance of Belarus and Ukraine now a foregone conclusion...
Whether Russia Invades Or Not, Biden Has Handled The Ukraine Crisis Well (From Forbes)
February 14th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. President Biden is living up to his advance billing as a foreign policy and...
February 22, 2022
Putin Must Understand: Invading Ukraine Would Be A Historic Mistake For Russia (From 1945)
February 10th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. The odds are growing that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make the...
February 13, 2022
Ukraine Tensions Should Be A Reminder Of Germany’s Nuclear Role In NATO, Which Will Soon Depend On 30 Super Hornet Fighters...
February 09th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Recent criticism of Germany’s reliability as an ally tends to neglect many of...
More U.S. Military Equipment Will Help NATO Send Moscow A Message (From The National Interest)
January 30th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. Europe is closer to war today than at any time since the collapse of the Soviet Union...
January 31, 2022
Russia Has A Clear Reason To Invade Ukraine Now If Talks Fail (From 1945)
January 11th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. This week, the U.S. and Russia are engaged in diplomatic talks regarding the escalating...
January 17, 2022
The Kazakh Protesters Are Not Terrorists
January 09th, 2022 - Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – Just hours after the news of massive street protest in...
Financial engineering fuels U.S. weakness
January 04th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. The sale to a Chinese company in 2016 of one of the world’s largest cobalt sources...
January 9, 2022
How To Counter The Chinese Missile Threat: More Missile Defense? (From 1945)
December 13th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI fellow Daniel Goure. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is rapidly building a world-class military that...
December 19, 2021
Engage Big Oil For Lower Emissions (From RealClearEnergy)
November 12th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Paul Steidler. These are heady days for bashing U.S. and European multinational oil corporations while...
November 15, 2021
Facilis Descensus Averno, (Descent into Hell is Easy)
October 25th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. Book VI of Latin poet Virgil’s Aeneid, translated by John Dryden, published in 1697...
October 29, 2021
Punishing India For Buying Russian Weapons Would Hurt America And Help China (From Forbes)
October 18th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. The Biden administration will soon need to decide whether to sanction India...
October 25, 2021
Wobbly Germany In Wobbly Europe
October 24th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – The inconclusive outcome of the recent German political elections...
Dwindling U.S. Merchant Fleet Is A Crisis Waiting To Happen (From Forbes)
October 08th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Pentagon plans for sealift in a future war assume the availability of...
October 11, 2021
The palsied hand of capitalism
October 04th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. “Every individual… neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much...
October 6, 2021
Isaiah Berlin and Elie Kedourie: Recollections of Two Giants
September 27th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff. Sir Isaiah Berlin, one of the most eminent historians of political philosophy of the past...
September 30, 2021
The F-35 Could Be The Dominant Fighter For The Rest Of The Century (From RealClearDefense)
September 16th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI fellow Daniel Goure. The Department of Defense (DoD) has maintained its technological preeminence and military...
September 20, 2021
Afghanistan Was Lost Long Ago
August 23rd, 2021- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – If we go beyond the hysterics, accusations and posturing that...
August 27, 2021
Why A Nuclear Deterrent Without ICBMs Would Be Dangerous And Destabilizing (From Forbes)
August 13, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. The United States has long maintained a nuclear “triad” of land-based ICBMs...
August 15, 2021
The F-35 Is Going To Be The Free World’s Fighter (From 1945)
August 09th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Daniel Goure. The recent decision by the Swiss Federal Council (SFC) to acquire the F-35 Joint Strike...
August 9, 2021
Cold Wars can be good for business
August 06th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. The chilling in relations with China since 2017 and the discovery that China may well...
Biden Tough On China
August 03rd, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – A recent White House Executive Order put all American investors on...
August 6, 2021
Davos and China offer the same grim destiny
July 16th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. The World Economic Forum, sponsor of the annual Davos meeting, proposes a “Great Reset”...
July 18, 2021
Providing Poland With The M1 Abrams Would Help Secure NATO’s Eastern Flank (From The National Interest)
July 05th, 2021. Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. The 2021 NATO summit put members on the record that they would build a flexible, agile, and resilient...
July 11, 2021
How We Will Win Against China
July 07th, 2021. Issue brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – In America and more broadly in the West we have come (belatedly) to the...
July 10, 2021
New Government in Israel faces major challenges
June 21st, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Ralph Amelan. We have a new government in Israel. A bizarre rough slouching beast, at first appearance. Eight...
June 27, 2021
Future Vertical Lift: Army Aviation’s Master Plan To Defeat China and Russia Without Breaking The Budget (From Forbes)
June 11th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. The U.S. Army is leading a rotorcraft development program called Future Vertical...
June 13, 2021
The Russian Submarine Threat In The Atlantic Is Growing, But A Low-Cost Solution Is Available (From Forbes)
June 08th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. The Russian Navy has recently resumed large-scale submarine exercises in the...
After Globalization
June 06th, 2021 - Issue Brief by Martin Hutchinson. As predicted in these columns a decade ago, globalization did not work, and has now gone the way of...
June 4, 2021
Deterring China Will Require Better And More Widely Distributed Sensor Capabilities (From RealClearDefence)
May 28th, 2021 - Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. The Indo-Pacific region is vast. The range, speed, and number of advanced weapons, both manned and...
May 31, 2021
Russian Aggression In The Baltics Will Not Look Like Crimea (From RealClearDefence)
May 21st, 2021 - Issue Brief by Sarah White. In 2014, Russia invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in the largest land seizure in Europe since...
Russia: Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Spoiler? (From RealClearDefence)
May 15th, 2021 - Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. While the U.S. military likes to talk about being in an era of great power competition, it acts like there...
May 19, 2021
Great Power Competition Demands Revitalization Of America’s Military Sealift (From the National Interest)
May 03rd, 2021 - Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. In an era of great power competition, the U.S. military has had to relearn a number of strategic facts...
May 6, 2021
 Since the Montreux Convention the possibility of accidents in the Bosphorus increased eightfold
Since the Montreux Convention The possibility of accidents in the Bosphorus increased eightfold  by Prof. Dr. Mustafa ILICALI In recent years...
May 3, 2021
US Leaving Afghanistan Is About Politics, Not Geopolitics
April 23rd, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – Here we go. After some debate within his administration, President...
April 26, 2021
Big Oil Is Cutting Emissions. With Big Data It Will Do It Quicker. (From RealClearEnergy)
April 1st, 2021 - Issue Brief by Paul Steidler. The world’s largest oil and natural gas companies are sprinting to cut greenhouse gas emissions and...
April 5, 2021
Hypersonic Weapons Really Matter to U.S. Deterrence of Russia (From RealClearDefence)
March 27th, 2021. Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. Hypersonic weapons could dramatically change the balance of conventional military power between the...
Taiwan Tripwire: A New Role For The U.S. Army In Deterring Chinese Aggression (From Forbes)
March 26th, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. A potential Chinese occupation of Taiwan has become the most pressing concern...
Return of the Whig Economy
March 24th, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. The British Industrial Revolution was a Tory Story! It began with the scientific...
March 25, 2021
Will Israel’s Next Elections End Its Long Political Deadlock?
March 16th, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Ralph Amelan. With yet more parliamentary elections looming on March 23, opinion polls show support finally...
March 18, 2021
Ten Reasons Nearly Nothing Can Stop The F-35 Stealth Fighter (From National Interest)
March 4th, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Advisor Loren B. Thompson. Although over 600 F-35 fighters have been delivered to three U.S. military...
March 17, 2021
Why The Age Of The Aircraft Carrier Isn’t Over Just Yet (From The National Interest)
January 31st, 2021 - Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. Large-deck nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be a key part of the Navy’s force structure for the...
February 5, 2021
The Post Oil Economy Just Began
January 29th, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – President Biden has been heavily criticized by conservatives for...
Pentagon Report Paints Grim Picture Of America’s Industrial Decline (From Forbes)
January 13th, 2021 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. On January 12 the Department of Defense released its 2020 assessment of U.S...
January 20, 2021
Oil Badly Hurt By Global Warming Fight
January 04th, 2021. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – Well known energy expert Daniel Yergin wrote a...
Can Biden Create a Viable Green America?
December 25th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. As president-elect Joe Biden announced his team in charge of climate change and...
December 27, 2020
Biden Defense Team Inherits Navy Robotic Warship Research Aimed At Deterring/Defeating China (From Forbes)
December 23rd, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Joe Biden is about to inherit a diverse portfolio of defense innovations...
Geospatial Intelligence–‘Geoint’–Becomes A Focus Of Military & Economic Competition (From Forbes)
December 11th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. After dominating the use of geospatial intelligence for decades, the United...
December 14, 2020
The End of Oil?
December 05th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – The Wall Street Journal reported on December 4th that...
Five Reasons Return Of Boeing’s 737 MAX To Service Is Important To National Security ((From Forbes))
November 23rd, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. Aerospace is one of the few technology areas where America still...
November 24, 2020
Why The U.S. Can And Must Win The Race For Hypersonic Weapons (From RealClearDefence)
November 04th, 2020. Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. Winning the race to deploy hypersonic weapons will be one of the most important achievements in U.S...
November 7, 2020
Biden Win Would Be A Mixed Blessing For Aerospace, But A Trump Win Could Be Worse (From Forbes)
October 20th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. President Trump has been a friend of the domestic aerospace sector during his...
Will President Biden Make The Same Mistake On Missile Defense That President Obama Did? (From Forbes)
October 23rd, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. When Barack Obama became president in 2009, he almost immediately set about...
October 29, 2020
The emerging global one-party state
October 12th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. Twenty years ago, I was strongly in favor of globalization. I recognized the...
October 19, 2020
California, China and Belarus
October 04th, 2020. Issue Brief by Martin Hutchinson. The world economy has come a very long way from the small-government, unregulated free-market...
October 4, 2020
The Power Of A Growing International F-35 Community
September 25th, 2020. Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. The United States is rapidly building an international community based around the F-35 Joint Strike...
September 27, 2020
When Data Cannot Be Trusted
September 7th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. Economics is a very imperfect science. Still, it has some shot at credibility...
September 12, 2020
Climate Emergency?
August 17th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. Most sensible people would agree today that climate change due to global warming is...
August 21, 2020
Japan’s Rethink Of Aegis Ashore Could Tie Up Navy, Increase Costs And Cause Delays
August 11th 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson. On June 15, Japan’s defense minister surprised Washington by suspending work on...
August 13, 2020
The long-term economic effects of Covid-19
July 30th, 2020. Issue Brief by Martin Hutchinson. Five months after the Chinese-origin coronavirus impinged in a big way on our lives, it is finally...
July 31, 2020
The End of Hong Kong
June 05th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach. WASHINGTON – Hong Kong as we knew it –an island of economic (and at least to some...
July 19, 2020
Even German regulators are useless
June 30th, 2020. Issue Brief by Martin Hutchinson. Following the discovery of fraud at the German payments processor Wirecard, the media are asking how...
July 1, 2020
How bad government actions prolong recessions
June 24th, 2020. Issue Brief by Martin Hutchinson. Governments and central banks worldwide have responded to the Covid-19 epidemic by massive doses of...
June 24, 2020
Black Lives Matter Protests in Britain
June 21st, 2020. Issue Brief by Michael Binyon. Just like the global fall-out a year ago from the MeToo scandals on sexual harassment in America, so the...
June 22, 2020
The NATO 2030 Agenda Needs to Include Strengthening U.S.-Polish Defense Relationship
June 13th, 2020. Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. Earlier this week, NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, launched a new initiative, NATO 2030, to...
June 16, 2020
Into a De-Globalized World
June 04th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson. This column has been predicting de-globalization for almost a decade – the June 2010 piece...
June 5, 2020
Another Critical Supply Chain America Must Bring Home
May 27th, 2020. Issue Brief by Paul Steidler. In recent weeks, Americans have been aghast and disgusted to see the dangerous extent to which we rely on...
May 29, 2020
True Globalization Must Rest On Shared Values
May 24th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. WASHINGTON – The globalization we know has been driven primarily by the explosion...
Tesla Batteries and Climate Change
May 20th, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. Notwithstanding solemn pledges issues by many governments, no country that really...
May 22, 2020
Covid-19: Impact on Global Politics and International Institutions – Takeaways and Reflections
May 13, 2020 - Issue Brief by Dr. Mark Meirowitz: As a result of the momentous events confronting the world community and its leadership, there has been...
May 13, 2020
Will the U.S. become a big Argentina?
May 12th, 2020. Issue Brief by Martin Hutchinson. The U.S. is currently projected to run a federal budget deficit of $3.8 trillion, about 19% of GDP, in...
How covid will affect international relations
May 01, 2020. Issue Brief by Michael Binyon. Is traditional foreign policy still possible during a global pandemic? Are nations able to focus on...
May 2, 2020
How Coronavirus Could Permanently Transform The U.S. Military
April 20, 2020. Issue Brief by Loren B. Thompson. Much of official Washington seems to believe that once the coronavirus crisis passes, the nation can...
April 24, 2020
An Already Sick Nation Crushed By Coronavirus
April 11, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. We now know that most of the Americans who need to be hospitalized and eventually die...
April 12, 2020
How Can We Prepare For The Next Pandemic?
April 10, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. Belatedly, all countries, including the most advanced, decided to adopt quarantines and...
More Heroes In The COVID-19 War
April 3, 2020. Issue Brief by GPI Senior Fellow Paul Steidler. Far from the public view is an important part of the COVID-19 fight: electricity-sector...
April 4, 2020
Coronavirus Highlights U.S. Strategic Vulnerabilities Spawned By Over-Reliance On China
March 30, 2020. Issue Brief by Loren Thompson. The coronavirus crisis has renewed concern about whether the U.S. has become too dependent on China for...
US Oil and Gas Sector Hit Hard By Virus, Price War
March 18th, 2020-Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. Sadly, coronavirus is here in America. All the restrictions announced and feared on...
March 27, 2020
SOCOM Has Solved The Military’s ‘Tower Of Babel’ Problem
March 20th, 2020-Issue Brief by Daniel Goure. According to the Bible, all humanity once spoke the same language. But when the people sought to build a...
Coronavirus Threatens To End America’s Long Run As A Leader In Commercial Aviation
March 19th, 2020. Issue Brief by Loren B. Thompson. U.S. companies participating in the production of jetliners are facing a liquidity crisis due to the...
March 26, 2020
Wanted: A Coronavirus Manhattan Project
March 22nd, 2020-Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. Regarding coronavirus, so far public policy in most Western countries focused on...
Nuclear Threats Are Growing. How Should U.S. Missile Defenses Be Upgraded?
March 5th, 2020. Issue Brief by Loren B. Thompson. The U.S. has a grand total of one program in its entire military arsenal capable of intercepting...
March 7, 2020
The Economic Damage Of Coronavirus
March 1st, 2020- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach. The spreading coronavirus epidemic has already created an enormous challenge for the...
Poland is becoming America’s key NATO ally
February 27th, 2020- Issue Brief by Daniel Goure, Following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine, the U.S. began a...
February 27, 2020
The U.S. Air Force’s Latest Budget Is Shrouded In Secrecy
February 13th, 2020- Issue Brief by GPI Senior adviser Loren B. Thompson, When the U.S. armed forces revealed their proposed fiscal 2021 budgets on...
February 13, 2020
How UK Prisons Breed Terrorists 
February 13th, 2020- Issue brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon, Coming out of prison in south London after serving only half his three-year...
The Dead Hand of Jacques Delors
February 11th, 2020- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, On July 6, 1988 European Commission President Jacques Delors propounded the hope that...
February 11, 2020
To Defeat Hypersonic Weapons, Pentagon Aims To Build Vast Space Sensor Layer
February 6th, 2020- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren Thompson, The Trump Administration is pursuing a series of secret military space projects...
February 6, 2020
Three Huge Defense Threats For Which Washington Is Woefully Under-Prepared
February 3rd, 2020- The United States outspends every other nation on defense, and as a result has the best trained, best equipped military in the...
February 3, 2020
Cyber War Happening Now – We Are Not Ready
January 16th, 2020- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach, We are at war. Aggression which one day can take devastating dimensions is...
January 16, 2020
Back to the economics of 1792
January 16th, 2020- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, When William Pitt the younger made his great and optimistic Budget speech of 1792, he...
Trump’s iconoclasm is a feature, not a bug
January 13th, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, Three years into his administration, President Donald Trump is subject to a surprising...
January 13, 2020
Europe’s Dreams
January 13th, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach, We heard from Ursula von der Leyen, the new President of the European Commission...
War With Iran?
January 10th 2020- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach, The killing of General Qassem Soleimani, the legendary head of the Iranian al Quds...
January 10, 2020
Brexit 2020
January 8th 2020- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon, at the end of this month, Britain is to leave the European Union, 47 years after it...
January 8, 2020
Raising The Temperature In The Middle East
January 6th 2020- Issue brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach, After the unexpected airstrike that killed IRGC General Qassem Soleimani, right...
January 6, 2020
Towards a Working-class Tory Britain
January 6th, 2020- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, By definition, all substantial election victories involve winning seats that had not...
Boris Johnson’s Gamble Will Fail
December 23rd, 2019- Issue brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach, Boris Johnson won the UK political elections –in a most spectacular way. Indeed...
December 23, 2019
Stunning Victory for Boris Johnson, Yet Major Challenges Ahead
December 12th, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon, To the astonishment of pollsters and voters, Boris Johnson, Britain’s embattled...
December 16, 2019
How A Dangerous Court Ruling Could Give China The Lead In 5G Technology
December 12, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Senior Advisor Loren Thompson, Despite a chronic trade deficit in advanced technology products, the United States...
December 12, 2019
The Case for Gold Grows Ever Stronger
December 11th, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, In 1982-2000, I avoided large losses by completely ignoring gold as an investment...
December 11, 2019
$22B Navy Contract Highlights Why GD’s Electric Boat Is One Of The Most Valuable Franchises In U.S. Defense
December 10, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Senior Advisor Loren Thompson, This week’s announcement that the Electric Boat unit of General Dynamics will...
December 10, 2019
President Trump Should Offer to Sell M-1 Tanks to Poland
December 4th, 2019- Issue brief by Daniel Gouré, When Poland joined the NATO alliance in 1999, its military was saddled with rapidly obsolescing...
December 5, 2019
Should Washington Sell The B-21 Bomber To Australia?
December 4, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Senior Advisor Loren Thompson, the U.S. Air Force is developing a long-range bomber that will be able to hold any...
December 4, 2019
How Poor Countries can Beat De-Globalization
December 2nd, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, The outstanding winners from the 1991-2016 policies of globalization were dwellers in...
December 2, 2019
Can Boris Johnson win the UK elections?
November 15, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon, Not since 1923 has Britain held a general election in December – a month most...
November 15, 2019
Once It Gets Green Light From FAA, Boeing Still Faces Complicated Task To Get 737 MAXs Off The Ground
November 13, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson, "Consider, for instance, the basic steps involved in returning the plane to...
November 13, 2019
Congressional Dysfunction Threatens To Halt Trump Defense Buildup
November 11, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson, Over the last several weeks, there has been growing concern on Capitol Hill that...
November 11, 2019
The Anglosphere governance model is the Gold Standard
November 5, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, Assuming Britain finally manages to edge its way out of the EU, it will look for other...
November 5, 2019
If President Trump Isn’t Reelected, What Will That Mean For The Military?
November 4, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson, President Trump isn’t likely to be removed from office through the impeachment...
November 4, 2019
Towards a Low-Overhead 2020s
October 30, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, The Western world approaches the 2020s at the top of a boom, with asset prices and...
October 30, 2019
Why Sell Weapons To Taiwan? Because Washington’s China Strategy Won’t Work Without It.
October 28, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Advisor Loren Thompson, Someday very soon the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan, will receive formal...
October 28, 2019
DoD Leaders’ Modernization Plans Will Require Rethinking How It Partners With Industry
October 21, 2019- Issue brief by Daniel Gouré, The Department of Defense (DoD) is on a mission to transform the way it acquires advanced military...
October 21, 2019
Turkey and the US: A Failed Alliance?
October 16, 2019 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Cenk Karatas: "In Syria, Turkey and the US may be paying the price of a failed alliance. Here is a fact...
October 16, 2019
What USTR And Boeing Want From Europe To End The Tariffs
October 14, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson, This week’s media coverage of the World Trade Organization’s decision to approve...
October 14, 2019
Turkey’s Operation into Northeast Syria: Anything But Unexpected
October 9, 2019 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Cenk Karatas: During the war of Manbij against ISIS a few years ago, I remember asking a high level US...
October 9, 2019
The Blessed World of Low Asset Prices
October 2, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, After a decade of ultra-low interest rates, we have become used to ultra-high asset prices...
October 2, 2019
Five Reasons The Air Force’s Digital Century Series Is Doomed To Failure
October 1, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson, The Air Force has embarked on a revolutionary approach to aircraft, satellite and...
October 1, 2019
Brexit Woes Continue in The UK
October 1, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett, Will U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pull a rabbit out of his Magician’s hat and get a new...
On October 15, Britain stops being a democracy
September 30, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, By a vote of 298 to 56 on September 4 and a second similar vote on September 9, the...
September 30, 2019
Poland Is Becoming the Keystone of NATO’s Evolving Security Architecture
September 18, 2019- Issue brief by Dan Gouré, The Republic of Poland is rapidly becoming the critical member of the NATO Alliance in its increasing...
September 18, 2019
Thanks to Fracking, No Panic in the US After The Attacks on Saudi Oil
September 18, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach, The most astonishing consequence of the unprecedented, devastating attack on Saudi...
The President Is Right — China’s Fentanyl Is Killing Too Many Americans
September 17, 2019- Issue Brief by Paul Steidler, Kudos to President Trump for tweets tearing into China and President Xi Jinping on Friday...
September 17, 2019
Why Aircraft Carriers Are The Most Cost-Effective Way Of Containing China’s Military
September 16, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson, Deterring and/or defeating aggression by China’s military has become a top...
September 16, 2019
Brexit Mess turns into Quagmire
September 5, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett High ranking veteran Conservative MPs, including grandson of Winston Churchill, Sir...
September 6, 2019
Could Trump have stopped the Third Reich?
September 4, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, President Donald Trump has instituted an entirely new type of diplomacy with North...
September 4, 2019
America Lost Its Ill-Conceived War in Afghanistan
September 4, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach, The longest American war is finally coming to an (unhappy) end. America is...
No Brexit without a deal on the Irish Border
August 22, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett, Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Ireland and the UK Government appear to have...
August 22, 2019
Is Britain getting ready for Brexit?
August 19, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett, Battle lines have been drawn at Westminster as the UK rapidly nears the 31 October exit from...
August 20, 2019
Argentina: From Bad to Worse
August 19, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach, Once a prosperous nation, for decades Argentina has been a country in semi-perpetual...
August 19, 2019
Global Gosplans Should be Shut Down
August 14, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, Kristalina Georgieva’s nomination as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund...
August 14, 2019
A Boeing-Northrop Team May Be The Only Way To Fix The Air Force’s Flawed ICBM Competition
August 13, 2019- Issue Brief by Senior Adviser at GPI Loren B. Thompson, Intercontinental ballistic missiles housed in hardened underground silos are a...
August 13, 2019
Army Futures Command’s Report Card After Its First Year
August 12, 2019- Issue Brief by Dan Gouré, Army Futures Command (AFC) was stood up on July 1, 2018. It achieved full operational capability on July 31...
August 12, 2019
Defense Against Hypersonic Attack Is Becoming The Biggest Military Challenge Of The Trump Era (From Forbes)
August 9, 2019- Issue Brief By GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson, Russia and China are testing weapons that can fly several times faster than...
August 9, 2019
Overcoming Racial Prejudice in America
August 5, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo Von Schirach,  “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where...
August 5, 2019
Using Commercial Satellites To Control Nuclear Weapons Is A Bad Idea — But It’s Being Discussed (From Forbes)
August 5, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson, Next month marks the 70th anniversary of the day in 1949 when U.S...
Why America is a Unique Country – Part 2
August 2, 2019 Issue Brief By the President of the Global Policy Institute, Paolo von Schirach. Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers of...
August 2, 2019
Why America is a unique country – Part 1
August 1, 2019 Issue Brief By the President of the Global Policy Institute, Paolo von Schirach. America is a truly unique country. But not for the most...
Stinking City On a Garbage Dump
July 31, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, Harvard University last week rescinded its acceptance of Parkland-shooting survivor Kyle...
July 31, 2019
Five Basic Facts About Boeing Missing From Coverage Of the 737 MAX Story
July 29, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson The tragic loss of two Boeing 737 MAX airliners has spawned an orgy of negative media...
July 29, 2019
Five Money-Pit Projects The U.S. Air Force Can Do Without
July 25, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Loren B. Thompson The U.S. Air Force is currently flying the oldest, smallest fleet of combat aircraft...
July 25, 2019
What Lord Liverpool Could Teach Today’s Fed
July 23, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord Liverpool, said it best, in a House of Lords speech of May 26...
July 24, 2019
Can Boris Johnson lead Britain?
July 22, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon Cartoonists love his hair – blond, long, untidy, looking as though it hasn’t been...
July 22, 2019
Five Sobering Lessons From Iran’s Downing Of America’s Most Capable Drone
July 5, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Senior Advisor Loren Thompson, Iran's destruction of a U.S. Global Hawk unmanned aircraft with a surface-to-air missile...
July 5, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s Transformation and U.S. Energy Security: Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst…
July 5, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Jonathan Chanis Since the elevation in June 2017 of Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to Crown Prince, or next in line...
Five Principles That Will Power President Trump’s Reelection (From Forbes)
July 2, 2019- Issue brief by Senior Adviser at GPI Loren B. Thompson The entire field of candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s presidential...
July 2, 2019
The Military Cost of Defending the Global Oil Supply
June 28, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Jonathan Chanis According to the calculations of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National...
June 28, 2019
Winston Churchill’s 1914 Turkey Bungles Haunt Trump in F-35 Crisis
June 14, 2019- Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff Currently, the United States government with the enthusiastic support of far too much of Congress...
June 14, 2019
Could China take a “Middle Kingdom” approach?
June 10, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson “Our Celestial Empire possesses all things in prolific abundance and lacks no product within...
June 10, 2019
Brexit Shows British Decline
June 4th, 2019- Issue brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach Brexit, or the process leading to Britain’s exit from the EU, touted just a few years...
June 4, 2019
Where have all the Supranational Institutions gone?
June 4, 2019 - Issue brief by GPI fellow Martin Sieff : It has been a liberal democratic mantra endlessly repeated by supposedly wise men and...
After Theresa May Britain still in deep crisis
May 30, 2019 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett: "UK Prime Minister Theresa May foresaw herself the damage her own Conservative Party would...
May 30, 2019
Conservatives punished by British voters in local elections
May 9, 2019: Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett: "There is one staggering fact facing UK Prime Minister Theresa May: her Conservative Party lost...
May 9, 2019
The Invisible Giant That Dominates Eurasia
April 4, 2019 - Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: The largest military organization in the history of the world has just announced its annual main...
April 4, 2019
Two States with no Solution in Sight
March 27, 2019- Issue brief by GPI Research Associate Charles W. Simmons: A major policy shift is underway in Washington. President Trump signed a...
March 27, 2019
Brexit still unsolved: Another Referendum, revoke Article 50? Or may be no deal
March 25, 2019 - Issue brief by Graham Bardgett : Astonishing numbers of people estimated at hundreds of thousands marched through central London...
March 25, 2019
Global Peace Endures – But Should Not Be Taken for Granted
March 21, 2019 - Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: There has been no war between the major industrial powers of the world that girdle the Northern...
March 21, 2019
“Never again”, remembering the Rwanda genocide
March 16, 2019 - Issue brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: No country in modern times has been convulsed by murderous atrocities as frenzied and...
Parliamentary procedural obstacles add to the Brexit mess
March 20, 2019 - Issue brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett: A gigantic spanner thrown into the workings of the affairs of State left Downing Street...
March 20, 2019
Theresa May defeated on Brexit – again
March 13, 2019 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett: "Blame it on the air conditioning of the aircraft she flew in to and from Strasbourg – but...
March 13, 2019
Europe has to deal with the returning ISIS fighters
March 1, 2019 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: What should be done with more than 800 extremist foreign fighters who have fled or...
March 1, 2019
The 3M’s: Merkel, Macron and May – Europe’s Three Loser Leaders
March 1, 2019 - Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff - Just as “The Book of Revelation” warns against the coming of the Four Horsemen of the...
Only weeks before Brexit, UK not ready
February 15, 2019 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett: "UK firms have accused the British Government of leaving them "hung out to dry" in the...
February 16, 2019
Unresolved Brexit Caused Political Chaos in Britain
January 24, 2019 - Issue brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Britain’s attempt to leave the European Union has now caused a full-blown...
January 24, 2019
UK Prime Minister determined to get Brexit deal
January 17, 2019 - Issue brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett: "Despite a crushing defeat on her Brexit Treaty Deal UK Prime Minister Theresa May has...
January 17, 2019
After the Midterms: The Invisible Victory of the US Industrial Northeast
December 20, 2018 - Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "The outcome of the November 2018 midterm US Congressional elections was not the sweeping...
December 20, 2018
Confusion in London as no deal Brexit crisis looms
December 19, 2018 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett: "Picture this: some British troops have now been put on standby, as the leaders of UK...
December 19, 2018
The unending Brexit drama
December 14, 2018 - Issue brief by GPI Fellow Graham Bardgett: "After surviving a Confidence Vote by her own MPs -- 200 to 117 was the Secret Ballot...
December 14, 2018
UK PM May facing leadership challenge
December 12, 2018 - Issue Brief by Graham Bardgett: "UK Prime Minister Theresa May faced a vote of confidence in her leadership on December 12, as her...
December 12, 2018
Britain’s Brexit crisis
December 19, 2018 - Issue Brief by Graham Bardgett: "Facing humiliating defeat over her Brexit policy, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May on December 10...
December 10, 2018
The Only Way Donald Trump Can Truly Put America First (From The National Interest)
October 12, 2018 - Issue brief by Douglas Macgregor: "If the last two decades have taught the American people anything, conflict anywhere in the world...
October 12, 2018
America about to leave Afghanistan?
September 12, 2018 - Issue brief by Paolo von Schirach: "US Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Joseph Dunford...
September 12, 2018
John McCain and the Funeral of America’s Uni-power Moment
September 7, 2018 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "Who really mourned during the week of exceptional honors for Senator John McCain and what...
September 7, 2018
Trump Rides High After Victories for His Candidates in US Primary Races
September 6, 2018 - Issue brief by GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "A wave of primary voting contests in the four US states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont...
September 6, 2018
The New Immigrants And America’s Future Identity
August 8, 2018 - Issue brief by Paolo von Schirach: "We now know that the Australian government is openly concerned that, unless it can manage its...
August 9, 2018
Trump’s Vision & NATO’s Future: Streamline The Alliance For Modern War
July 19, 2018, Douglas Macgregor, It would be wrong for Europeans to conclude that President Trump wants to withdraw all US forces from Europe. The...
July 19, 2018
The Importance of Japan’s Security Role Under Trump
Issue brief by Dr. Satoru Nagao, "On January 12-17 2017, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, and Vietnam...
July 18, 2018
Italy in political chaos
May 31, 2018 - Issue brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "Italy is once again the problem country within the European Union (EU) and...
May 31, 2018
No More Special Relationship
May 2, 2018 - Issue Brief by GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "It was always assumed that Britain, enjoying a “special relationship” with the United...
May 2, 2018
Britain’s beloved Queen Elizabeth
March 6, 2018 - Issue brief by Michael Binyon, "On a cold dull day in February 1952, a 25-year old princess came to the British throne on the death of...
March 6, 2018
An Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of Failure
February 22, 2018 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "Theresa May’s negotiations for Britain’s exit from the European Union are not going...
February 22, 2018
Ozmen’s Selection For Space Council Advisory Group Signals Sierra Nevada’s Arrival As Major Player
February 22, 2018 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Loren B. Thompson: "The National Space Council disclosed on Tuesday of this week that Sierra...
America Needs to Think About the Next War—Before It’s Too Late
February 22, 2018 - Issue Brief by Douglas Macgregor: "Inside democratic societies, shrewd and far-sighted defense strategies focused on modernizing...
Cooperatives are a useful capitalist tool
February 14, 2018 - Issue Brief by GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "Britain’s Labour Party has now committed to re-nationalizing many of the utilities...
February 14, 2018
Endless terrorism in Afghanistan
February 2, 2018 - By GPI Fellow Fazle Chowdhury: "The recent blast shook Kabul’s streets. The incident appeared to be near a central part of the city...
February 2, 2018
Britain’s Ineffective Prime Minister
January 22, 2018 - By Michael Binyon: Bad luck attracts more bad luck. Theresa May, Britain’s embattled prime minister, has already suffered almost a...
January 22, 2018
Trump’s Complicated Pakistan Problem
January 18, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Fazle Chowdhury: "The Trump administration has recently announced that it will eliminate almost all security aid to...
January 18, 2018
Oprah for President?
January 15, 2018 - By GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "Oprah for President? Yes, after her recent Hollywood speech this is now a distinctly possible...
January 15, 2018
Trump Decision to Transfer US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem Risks Setting Off New Era of Dangerous Instability
January 5, 2018 - By GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was a rash and...
January 5, 2018
What is really happening in Iran?
January 2, 2018 - By GPI Fellow Fazle Chowdhury: "Those who damage public property, disrupt order and break the law must be responsible for their...
January 2, 2018
Trump and the Jerusalem Issue
December 18, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Fazle Chowdhury: "Jerusalem is and has been the Capital of Israel since 5 December, 1949; though this Israeli decision...
December 18, 2017
Palace Coup In Zimbabwe Will Not Bring Along Genuine
December 5, 2017 - By Paolo von Schirach: "Despite some last minute confusion regarding the timing of his exit, Robert “Mad Bob” Mugabe is finally gone...
December 5, 2017
Russia now a major player in the Middle East
November 20, 2017 - By Michael Binyon: In the Middle East, one of the world’s most strategic regions, Russia now holds all the cards in its hand...
November 21, 2017
The Tragedy of the Slave Trade
November 14, 2017 - By Michael Binyon: "Locked in a box for eight years, the skeletons of more than 320 African captives liberated from 19th century...
November 15, 2017
Maybe Brexit Will Not Be So Hard: UK-EU Trade Overstated
October 3, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Gabriel Unruh: "As Brexit negotiations continue, much news has been swirling about the UK’s ability to economically...
October 3, 2017
Konrad Adenauer Would Disagree With Merkel
October 3, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: " Angela Merkel won most votes on September 24, but her certainty of leading the next government with...
After Merkel’s Narrow Victory Governing Germany Will be Difficult
September 25, 2017 - By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon "The election victory of Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, who has been swept back into...
September 25, 2017
The Politicization of Big Business
September 25, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "The collapse of President Trump’s business advisory councils had little to do with Trump’s...
Britain Adrift
July 20, 2017 - Michael Binyon: "Britain is today like a ship drifting into a storm with no one in charge. As the government begins negotiations to...
July 20, 2017
Can Emerging Markets Become Competitive?
July 11, 2017 - Martin Hutchinson: "Five years ago, the future for emerging markets seemed set fair. Globalization was driving much of the world’s...
July 11, 2017
Weaker Britain after the vote
June 28, 2017 - By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "It was a 91-year old woman who summed up Britain’s widespread anger, sense of tragedy and loss of...
June 28, 2017
Britain Needs Hard Money, Hard Brexit
June 20, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "On June 8, Theresa May’s Conservatives came close to losing an election they should have won easily...
June 20, 2017
After Inconclusive Elections, a Rudderless Britain
June 16, 2017 - By Michael Binyon: "The recent election has led to what many see as the worst of all possible outcomes. The Conservative government...
June 16, 2017
Europe will Carry on without the U.S. and Britain
June 1, 2017 - By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Britain chooses a new government in less than two weeks’ time. But the Manchester bombing and the...
June 1, 2017
China’s Ambitious “One Belt One Road” Project Will Promote Growth
May 22, 2017 - By Martin Sieff: "Four years after its formal launch in 2013, President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative continues to...
May 22, 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May playing Russian roulette with new elections
May 3, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "British Prime Minister Theresa May last week called an election for June 8. The purpose is to get...
May 3, 2017
The end of Europe’s traditional left
April 25, 2017 - By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "The collapse of the Left in the first round of the French presidential election has been...
April 25, 2017
The Dream Of New U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
April 21, 2017 - Paolo von Schirach: "We know that President Donald Trump pledged to renegotiate (supposedly unfair) trade agreements worldwide with the...
April 21, 2017
Terrorism
April 16, 2017 - By GPI Senior Adviser, Michael Binyon: "Swedish police have begun questioning the Uzbek driver who rammed his truck into a shop-front...
April 17, 2017
On a Mission to Learn: My Trip to a Syrian IDP Camp (Part 6)
PART 6 // "What’s Next, in a Few Words" Issue Brief Series by Abdulrahman Y. Idlbi: "If you want to open a school, whether in a refugee camp or not, you...
April 5, 2017
On a Mission to Learn: My Trip to a Syrian IDP Camp (Part 5)
PART 5 // "Day 7 - Adding Colors" Issue Brief Series by Abdulrahman Y. Idlbi: "Recently, Raghad joined us. She lost her leg in an airstrike, and never...
On a Mission to Learn: My Trip to a Syrian IDP Camp (Part 4)
Part 4 // "Elections" The Issue Brief Series by Abdulrahman Y. Idlbi: "We had many new experiences that day. It was snowing all night, and in the...
On a Mission to Learn: My Trip to a Syrian IDP Camp (Part 3)
Part 3 // "Day 3 - Rolling! Action! Cut!" Issue Brief Series by Abdulrahman Y. Idlbi: "By the of the second day, I met more girls than I started with. I...
On a Mission to Learn: My Trip to a Syrian IDP Camp (Part 2)
Part 2 // "Let the Hard Fun Begin" Issue Brief Series by Abdulrahman Idlbi: "Day 1 - Welcome to Qah Refugee Camp! January 5, 2013 afternoon was the time...
On a Mission to Learn: My Trip to a Syrian IDP Camp (Part 1)
Part 1 //"Before You Start" Issue Brief Series by Abdulrahman Y. Idlbi: "This is my report for a trip I made to the Syrian-Turkish border in January...
April 4, 2017
Say No to Scottish and Catalonian independence!
April 3, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "In general I am in favor of self-determination for small nations. I would have been on South...
April 3, 2017
Why Is Montenegro Joining NATO A Big Deal?
March 31, 2017 - By GPI President Paolo von Schirach, "With the US Senate approving by a huge margin Montenegro entering NATO, the US-led security pact...
March 31, 2017
China to Become Green Super Power?
March 17, 2017 - By GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "Many Western environmentalists and commentators openly praise China for its declared energy...
March 17, 2017
Britain divided over Trump’s visit
February 27, 2017 - By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon, "Britain’s parliament this week debated an issue it has never considered before: whether to...
February 27, 2017
Burying the Memories of the Bolshevik Revolution
February 20, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "This year marks the centennial anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution and the birth of the Soviet...
February 20, 2017
Retreating from the global economy?
February 8, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "The last couple of weeks have been full of events justifying predictions I made over the years...
February 8, 2017
The Crisis of the Democratic Party and the New Political Map of America
February 6, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "In the 2016 presidential election, Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton only won 232 Electoral...
February 6, 2017
Trump looks like a McKinley Republican
February 2, 2017 - By GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "In the first week of Donald Trump’s Presidency, it is becoming clearer what kind of President he...
February 2, 2017
Can Russia and Turkey bring peace to war devastated Syria?
January 30, 2017 - By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "The peace conference on the future of Syria opened in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The...
January 30, 2017
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been unable to turn Democratic majorities into winning governing strategies
By GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "The Democratic Party in the United States is the oldest and most long-lasting political party on earth, whether one chooses...
January 27, 2017
The U.S. and European reactions to Russian political manipulation
By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Europe is watching events in Washington with bemused horror. The lurid claims about Donald Trump’s sexual antics...
January 21, 2017
How can jihadists be recruited? Western intelligence services need new approaches
By Samer Libdeh: " The current wave of radicalization among large numbers of Muslim youth in Europe and in the U.S. is forcing Western intelligence...
January 17, 2017
Oil Prices Will Go Down But U.S. Shale Will Survive
By GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "After the oil production cuts recently announced first by OPEC and then non OPEC oil producers, oil prices...
January 11, 2017
Shaky Europe unable to pursue the old integration project
By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Will the European Union survive the coming year? It faces unprecedented challenges. Not only will its members...
January 3, 2017
The Obama Foreign Policy Record
By GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "The almost universally accepted narrative dished out daily by the serious, high brow U.S. media is that come...
January 2, 2017
US Electoral College
By GPI Fellow Martin Hutchinson: "On December 19, 2016, the Electoral College elected Donald Trump President, with only modest “faithless” votes for...
Trump Seeks Real U.S. Reset with Russia – Biggest Obstacles in Washington
By GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "US President-elect Donald Trump can be taken at his word about his sincerity in wanting to restore good relations with...
December 31, 2016
Donald Trump And Nuclear Weapons
By GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "Casual talk about nuclear weapons and their possible use is not recommended. Likewise, tough remarks about not...
December 29, 2016
Trump needs to shape difficult relationship with China
By GPI fellow Martin Sieff: "US President-elect Donald Trump faces a long, difficult road, fraught with pitfalls, in seeking to redefine the symbiotic...
December 26, 2016
Has Trump discovered new trade truths?
By Martin Hutchinson : "President-elect Donald Trump’s deal with Carrier rescued some 800 jobs in the state of Indiana at a cost of some $7 million in...
December 18, 2016
The Case for keeping the Electoral College
BY GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "One would expect the US Electoral College to be under more widespread attack after it delivered a second US president with...
The rising European right threatens the EU project
By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "A resounding referendum defeat for the government. Matteo Renzi, Italy’s Prime Minister, resigns. The pressure...
December 13, 2016
Russian Disinformation Campaign and its Impact on the 2016 Election
By GPI Forward Host Tai Ragan: "Wikileaks revelations and the proliferation of “fake news” are but a few instances of propaganda aimed at damaging...
December 9, 2016
Will Brexit Happen?
By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Will Brexit ever happen? Ever since Britain voted in June to leave the European Union, the government has been in...
November 14, 2016
In The Age of the Internet Biased News Still Prevails
By GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "Here is one big paradox for you. When the internet proved to be a truly revolutionary innovation, everybody...
November 4, 2016
For Syrian Refugees Learning English is a Key to Survival
By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Can the English language save Syrian refugees from extremism? Across Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, thousands of...
November 1, 2016
Are Referenda Tools of Democracy?
By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Is there anything more democratic than a referendum? It allows a government to consult the entire electorate on...
October 20, 2016
How worried Europe plans to deal with a Trump presidency
By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Europeans have made it overwhelmingly clear that they neither like nor trust Donald Trump. Polls show that on...
September 9, 2016
Turkey is an indispensable NATO Ally
By Hasan Karaburk, "Turkey joined NATO in 1952, just three years after it was first established. Since then Turkey has always been a faithful ally...
August 26, 2016
Brexit Decision Throws Ominous Shadows over Britain’s Future
By GPI Fellow Martin Sieff: "Almost two months after the British public voted by a referendum margin of 52 percent to 48 percent to leave the European...
August 22, 2016
Can the West deal with Putin’s unpredictable policy shifts?
By GPI Senior Adviser Michael Binyon: "Is Putin preparing for fresh military action in Ukraine? That is a question now being urgently asked in...
Vertical Urban Farming Is About To Happen
By GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "Over the years farming has become much more efficient. It has been heavily mechanized. Therefore it is far less...
July 28, 2016
Turkey: The coup attempt and the future of democracy
By GPI Analyst Cenk Karatas: "As shocking as it sounds, Turkey, a NATO member and a rare democracy in the Middle East, experienced an attempted coup a...
July 18, 2016
Italy Overwhelmed by Poor African Immigrants
Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach: "Italy has two major demographic problems. Both of them carry bad outcomes. Italy is the destination of...
July 12, 2016
Can Brexit Be Reversed?
Issue Brief by GPI President Paolo von Schirach on aftermath of Brexit: "Looking at the reactions of sadness and disbelief in Britain to the results of...
July 1, 2016
The Road ahead for the UK after the Brexit Earthquake
Issue Brief by GPI Senior Advisor Michael Binyon on Brexit: “Brexit earthquake”, “catastrophe”, “independence”, “chaos” – the headlines have been...
June 28, 2016
Will Brexit open up a debate on the future of Europe?
Issue Brief by Paolo von Schirach on Brexit: "The most improbable is now reality. Great Britain opted out of Europe. What does this Brexit vote mean? it...
June 25, 2016
Unrealistic Plans To Stop African Migration Into Europe
Issue Brief by Paolo von Schirach: "How can Europe stop the endless tide of poor migrants arriving daily from Africa? Very simple, argues Matteo Renzi...
June 7, 2016
Violent Revolutionary Instruments: An Overview
Issue Brief by Vittorfranco Pisano:"In the presence of socio-political upheavals currently afflicting the Middle East and North Africa, but whose final...
May 31, 2016
Can the European Union Save Schengen?
Issue Brief by Michael Binyon: "Is the European Union’s deal with Turkey for visa-free travel in Europe the death blow for Europe’s open borders? Can...
Europe and the ISIL Threat
Issue Brief by Metehan Demir: "In the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks against U.S. soil, Europe seemed willing to follow the American strategy of...
May 26, 2016
Is the Refugee Deal Between Turkey and EU Going to Hold?
Issue Brief by Cenk Karatas: "The March 18 agreement between Turkey and the EU for the readmission into Turkey of "irregular" Syrian and other migrants...
April 22, 2016
Queen Elizabeth’s Long Reign and the Future of the British Monarchy
Issue Brief by Michael Binyon: "Soldiers in their red tunics and fur hats played happy birthday, the crowds sang and the Queen, sprightly and smiling...
April 21, 2016
NATO in the Twenty-First Century
Issue Brief by Bruce Weinrod: "Since its very inception and until the present day critics have questioned whether the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
April 20, 2016