Backgrounder: Qatar Crisis
Rene Zou
The Saudi and Egypt-led blockade of Qatar has been a long time coming.
Backgrounders
Backgrounder: Qatar Crisis
Backgrounder: One Belt, One Road
Rene Zou
What are the prospects for China’s massive One Belt, One Road initiative?
Backgrounder: Russian Hacking
Rene Zou
Russia has scored several major propaganda victories by reworking Soviet-era tactics for the Information Age.
Backgrounder: China’s Renewables Industry
Rene Zou
Examining China’s path to becoming a world leader in renewables.
Backgrounder: Canada and the Renegotiation of NAFTA
Rene Zou
A look at the past, present, and future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and what it means to Canada.
Backgrounder: Turkey under Erdogan
Rene Zou
This backgrounder recounts the long road to Turkey’s seminal 2017 referendum, and what to expect next from this key NATO ally that is still undergoing dramatic political shifts.
Backgrounder: US-Vietnam Relations
Rene Zou
China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific is bringing together two former enemies.
US Debt: A Ticking Time Bomb?
Geopolitical Monitor
Part one in a two-part series, this article examines the issue of ballooning US debt.
Backgrounder: The North Korea Threat
Geopolitical Monitor
North Korea’s recent missile test underscores the growing threat posed by the “Hermit Kingdom” to East Asian security. In responding to it, the Trump administration only has bad options to pick from.
Backgrounder: Iran
Alessandro Bruno
A brief history of Iran, a country that the Trump administration seems to have singled out as America’s primary geopolitical foe in the Middle East.
