CRINK Economic Ties
Maria Snegovaya, et al. | 2025.09.04
This brief explores the post-2022 economic ties among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—the so-called CRINK states.
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China’s Economic Transition
Dinny McMahon and Andrew Polk | 2025.09.03
It is a dynamic time for China’s economy: Its growth model of the previous two decades has reached its limit, and Beijing must now pivot. This report presents a clear picture of the economy Beijing wants to build by 2035 and the potential scenarios for how it might unfold.
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Next-Generation Geothermal
Ray Cai and Rebecca Riess | 2025.09.02
Next-generation geothermal offers a unique opportunity for renewing U.S. energy leadership. To capitalize on its first-mover advantage and the strategic opening, the United States should proactively spearhead the technology’s international deployment.
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Counter Shadow Fleets
Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin and Tom Keatinge | 2025.09.02
The shadow fleets of Russia, Iran and North Korea are in the international spotlight, but efforts to counter their operations will fail while these vessels can so easily obtain new flags.
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Prisoners Of Assad
Antonio Giustozzi | 2025.09.01
This paper is structured in four sections, with the first one exploring Syrian regime views of Russia and Iran. The second discusses how the Assad regime tried to reject Iranian penetration by direct confrontation. The third section discusses how the Assad regime learned to beat back unwanted Russian and Iranian policies by manipulating their differences. The fourth section, finally, looks at other aspects of the Syrian conflict that contributed to Russia and Iran getting trapped there.
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Netherlands’ Innovation Vista
Sujai Shivakumar, et al. | 2025.08.29
In a world that runs on advanced technologies, the Netherlands has developed a pragmatic strategy that develops its research and development infrastructure, leverages its leadership in advanced semiconductor technologies, and builds new global networks for cooperation.
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Deter Grey Zone Aggression
Joe Morley-Davies | 2025.08.29
Russia’s pugilistic actions in the sub-threshold-of-war grey zone leave Allies uneasy, and require contemplation before a proper response.
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Assess The Uyghur Act
Laura T. Murphy and Charlotte Tate | 2025.08.29
As the third anniversary of the passage of the UFLPA approaches, a look at the act shows an enormous impact on trade, as well as on Americans’ confidence that they are not selling or buying goods linked to atrocities committed against the people of Xinjiang.
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UK’s Air Defence Architecture
Sidharth Kaushal | 2025.08.28
As the UK weighs its options for an integrated air and missile defence architecture and the capabilities that might underpin different viable architectures, this paper discusses the factors that should be taken into consideration.
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獨媒報導 | 2025.08.28
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