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The Central Asian Pivot: Why the Heart of Eurasia Matters More Than You Think

They have young, rapidly urbanizing populations, governments that are seeking, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, to reduce historical dependence on Russia's economic and security architecture, and a growing appetite for the technology partnerships and infrastructure investment that the

Engaging the Estranged: Iran and the Diplomacy of Incremental Possibility

The current state, decades of sanctions, no diplomatic relations, and mutual mistrust calcified by generations of confrontation, is not a stable equilibrium. It is a frozen conflict that costs both sides and forecloses options that American strategy might otherwise have.

The Russia Problem: Managing Moscow Without Surrendering the Field

The Trans-Siberian Railway, the pipeline networks running from Siberia to Europe and China, the Russian language and cultural influence extending across Central Asia and the Caucasus: these are not preferences that can be wished away.

The China Question: Competing Without Catastrophe

It requires a framework for navigating competition that is sharp enough to be effective and disciplined enough to avoid escalation into confrontation that would damage the global economy, destabilize American alliances, and produce outcomes far worse than the status quo of managed rivalry.

The Trade Architecture: Building Economic Frameworks That Work Across Eurasia

This is partly a function of domestic politics in the United States, where large trade deals have become politically toxic regardless of their economic merits. But it is also a genuine evolution in how international economic cooperation works.

The Mineral Imperative: Securing Critical Supply Chains Through Eurasian Partnerships

That supply chain, for lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, tungsten, antimony, and a dozen other critical minerals, is where the material foundation of both the clean energy transition and advanced defense manufacturing is being decided right now, in negotiation

Corridors of Power: The Physical Infrastructure of U.S. Influence in Eurasia

Infrastructure is patient. It does not argue, lobby, or hold press conferences. It simply exists, directing the flow of goods, energy, and data along paths set by whoever built it. This is precisely why infrastructure investment is among the most durable instruments of geopolitical influence, and why China's

The Tech Prosperity Network: Building America's Co-Innovation Architecture Across Eurasia

The most underappreciated fact in American technology strategy is that the United States does not need to build the world's dominant technology ecosystem alone. It already leads one. The opportunity in Eurasia is to extend it deliberately, deepening the technical standards, supply chain links, and co-development relationships

Mapping the Chessboard: America's Allies and Partners Across Eurasia

Strategy without a map is just ambition. Before the United States can pursue coherent engagement across Eurasia, it needs clarity on who its friends are, who might become friends, and who it is actively competing against. That assessment is more differentiated than the broad strokes of "the free world&

The Eurasian Gambit: Why the World's Biggest Landmass Is America's Most Important Battlefield

There is a tendency in American strategic discourse to treat the Indo-Pacific as a maritime problem. It is a problem of carrier groups and island chains, of Taiwan Strait crossings and freedom-of-navigation operations. That framing is not wrong. It is incomplete. The real competition for influence in

The Long Game: America's Vision for Africa in 2035 and Beyond

Mobilizing Capital for Africa: From DFC to Diaspora Bonds

Tech Prosperity Deals: America's Digital Diplomacy Offensive

Rare Earths, Cobalt, and the Critical Minerals Race