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The Implications of PLA Corruption

The Implications of PLA Corruption

Teddy Jack, Editor in Chief
May 29, 2025

While the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been rapidly expanding its military capabilities through both technological integration and increased economic investment, corruption continues to pose...

Implications of the New Pope

Implications of the New Pope

Teddy Jack, Editor in Chief
May 21, 2025

The newly elected pope, Leo XIV, is likely to represent a gradual continuation of Pope Franics’s policies.  He also will likely continue Francis’s progressive focus on the poor and disadvantaged....

Iran's Deterrence Options

Iran’s Deterrence Options

Teddy Jack, Editor in Chief
April 2, 2025

How might Iran try to maintain deterrence against a Trump-led United States? Donald Trump has taken a hawkish stance on Iran, after pulling out from the JCPOA nuclear deal during his first term. Iranian...

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Leagues of Bureaucracy

Teddy Jack, Editor in Chief
March 11, 2025

What is a proposed “League of Democracies”? It has been initially proposed by various commentators in the early 2000s as a UN replacement, UN subgroup, supranational federation, and a collective security...

The “America First” Case For Arms Sales

The “America First” Case For Arms Sales

Teddy Jack, Editor in Chief
December 12, 2024

When talking about why he was refusing to vote for Ukrainian aid, a far-right Freedom Caucus member, Rep. Tom Tiffany [R-Wis], said, “I’m about…taking care of our own needs here in America…we must...

The Four Failures of Russia

The Four Failures of Russia

Aleksei Sokolov, Editor in Chief
November 12, 2024

While the vast failures of the Soviet Union have been deeply cemented in the minds of Americans following the Cold War, many remain ignorant to the reach of the failures committed by a variety of rulers...

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