By Justin Baker
May 2010
Imagine an almost paradoxical dynamic whereby the state with the greatest defense posed the greatest threat to international strategic stability. In this dynamic, wars will no longer be won or lost based on the offensive prowess of the advancing military; rather, they will be won or lost based on a nation’s ability to [...]
By Samantha R. McRoskey
March 2010
Imagine this: at a distance, you see tiny bodies moving across dozens of oil rigs perched in the waters of the Santos Basin off of the São Paulo, Brazil, coastline. It is 2020, and production in Brazil’s Tupi oil field is topping out at more than 150,000 barrels per day. As you [...]
By Shane Bilsborough
November 2009
This week, President Barack Obama’s first state dinner, held in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was certainly the hottest ticket in town. While the beltway mega-elite make merry, it might pay to read between the lines to discover just what significance this momentous occasion has for the United States’ East Asian [...]