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- 3 weeks ago40 min
Yemen's Long War, with Helen Lackner
Visit us at Network2020.org. Yemen is at war again. This month, Houthi missiles struck the airport in Riyadh and the presidential palace in Aden, and in September the Houthis fought their way down the coast to the mouth of the Red Sea. In May 2020, five years into the war, we sat down with Helen Lackner to ask why it started and who could end it. She explained why Saudi Arabia wanted out, and why the Houthis needed the war more than the Saudis did. Since then, a UN truce has come and gone, th...
- Oct 6, 202650 min
Spies, Satellites & Startups: Intel in the Digital Age
Visit us at Network2020.org. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence, commercial satellite imagery, open-source intelligence, and data analytics are transforming the threat detection landscape. Capabilities once held almost exclusively by governments are increasingly distributed across private firms and publicly available platforms, creating new opportunities for collaboration while also raising difficult questions around trust, verification, security, and alliance coordination at a time wh...
- Sep 23, 202647 min
The State of Diplomacy at America 250
Visit us at Network2020.org. The world has changed dramatically in the 250 years since Benjamin Franklin’s mission to France in 1776. It is changing again now, with new powers rising, new technologies reshaping how nations engage with one another both diplomatically and confrontationally, and new questions about what diplomatic leadership looks like in the 21st century. Centralized and personalist diplomacy, technological capabilities, and economic statecraft may be as central to modern diplo...
- Sep 8, 202645 min
The New North: The Eight States Shaping a New European Security
Visit us at Network2020.org. A major shift is underway in the defense posture of Northern Europe. Finland and Sweden joined NATO, ending long periods of non-alignment. Together, the “Nordic-Baltic Eight” (NB8) give more military aid to Ukraine as a percentage of GDP. Strong balance sheets, driven by innovation and digital transformation, have enabled the region to become leaders in European security. What does this shift in power mean within the European Union and for transatlantic relations...
- Aug 26, 202630 min
Abu Dhabi’s Ascent: The UAE’s Global Strategy
Visit us at Network2020.org. The United Arab Emirates’ recent decision to leave OPEC after nearly six decades is about far more than oil—it is the latest sign of a growing rift with Saudi Arabia and a marker of Abu Dhabi’s willingness to challenge a regional order long dominated by Riyadh. From normalizing relations with Israel to pursuing strategic autonomy between the United States and China, the UAE has repeatedly shown that it is prepared to break with old frameworks when they no longer s...
- Aug 11, 202638 min
The Philippines and the Contest for the South China Sea
Visit us at Network2020.org. The Philippines sits at the center of an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific, caught between its traditional ally in Washington, and rising interference from Beijing. The country’s strategic location including control of the Luzon Strait, which sees over one trillion dollars in passing goods annually, makes it an important player in the jockeying for economic position in the South China Sea. And the disputed Scarborough Shoal is the last link in the Chinese artifi...
- Jul 21, 202629 min
NATO: Europe without America, with Jeremy Shapiro (Rewind Edition)
Visit us at Network2020.org. For nearly eighty years, Europe's security has rested on a single assumption: that the Americans would be there. In early March, days into the war with Iran, and weeks after Washington threatened to take Greenland from a NATO ally, we sat down with Jeremy Shapiro to ask whether that assumption still holds, and what Europe does if it doesn't. Since this conversation was recorded, the Pentagon has ordered thousands of American troops out of Germany, canceled an armo...
- Jul 8, 202635 min
Chokepoints: The Hidden Infrastructure of Global Power
Visit us at Network2020.org. From the Strait of Hormuz to the international monetary system to the semi-conductor supply chain, the world is becoming increasingly aware of how dependence on critical chokepoints is shaping how countries can wield power and leverage. As diplomacy becomes increasingly transactional and technological and energy systems undergo rapid transformation, understanding these visible and invisible chokepoints is essential to any decision maker. Is the weaponization of ge...
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