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Syria’s Fate If the Islamic State Falls

June 26, 2017 What happens if Assad can no longer hide behind just being better than the alternatives?

The Irony of High Tech

June 26, 2017 Much of the technology we now consider peaceful was designed to allow the United States to wage global thermonuclear war.

Watch List: June 26, 2017

The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item...

Crowded Waters in Southeast Asia

Cooperation among Southeast Asian states has never come easy, but the surge of Islamist militancy in the region is encouraging Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to give it another...

High Tech Is Born In War, Not Silicon Valley

George Friedman: Roman engineering helped shape the Mediterranean world. British technology created and sustained the industrial revolution. These empires could absorb the cost of innovation because they had the...

Watch List Findings: June 24, 2017

What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant...

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