Written by: Nils Peterson Since January 12, 2022, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has continued to fight for his political survival. When the rest of the United Kingdom was in a pandemic-induced lockdown, Number 10 Downing Street hosted parties. The UK police recently contacted the Prime Minister (PM) with a questionnaire to be returned within…
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The Jakarta Game
Written by: Nils Peterson As the United States completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Indo-Pacific began to loom ever larger in American geopolitical strategy. War is a two-sided game, however, and military conflict with terrorist groups like al-Qaeda will not end simply because the United States took its ball and went home from Afghanistan….
To Preserve and Support
Written by: Nils Peterson As the United States continues to prioritize Asia in its foreign policy, Latin America enters an uncertain future marked by dim prospects for most of the population. Fears of an economic lost decade and dramatic upticks in inequality present severe challenges across the region. Chinese fishing fleets near the Galapagos Islands…
Jihadi Online: The Pandemic and Lone-Wolf Terror Attacks
Written by: Nils Peterson Since the declaration of their caliphate in 2014, ISIS has lost the majority of territory it once controlled. However, as far back as March of 2020, several jihadi groups capitalized on scaled-down African governmental military operations due to the pandemic by launching new waves of suicide attacks attacks. In a worrying…
An Overlooked American Opportunity: China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa
Written by: Nils Peterson In 2013 President Xi Jinping announced China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a massive international lending project geared towards developing nations. Nowhere is this more evident than in Africa; the continent contains “half of the top 50 nations most indebted to China as a percent of GDP” and is susceptible to…
Cyberspace: War’s New Face
Written by: Nils Peterson The face of warfare is constantly changing, and the new dimension of cyberspace has arrived. Recent developments in this field pose an increased risk to the security of the United States and her allies. Only by taking a harsh uncompromising stance regarding cyberattacks will the United States set the boundaries of…
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