Regional, Strategy, and Policy Analysis Division
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The Current State of Russian-Chinese Defense Cooperation
The Russian Air Campaign in Syria: A Preliminary Analysis
Exploring the Utility of Memes for U.S. Government Influence Campaigns
Great Power Competition in the Indian Ocean: The Past As Prologue?
Mapping Russian Media Network: Media’s Role in Russian Foreign Policy and Decision-making
Unconstrained Foreign Direct Investment: An Emerging Challenge to Arctic Security
Transnational Challenges and U.S. National Security: Defining and Prioritizing Borderless Threats
Future Policy Options for U.S. Efforts Against Al-Qaeda
Independent Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts against Al-Qaeda
The Origins and Development of A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (2015)
Bangladesh v. India: A Positive Step Forward in Public Order of the Seas
Analytic Framework for Emulating Russian Decision-Making
Shining a Light on the Western Balkans: Internal Vulnerabilities and Malign Influence from Russia, Terrorism, and Transnational Organized Crime
Sources of Resilience in the Lord’s Resistance Army
The Role of Special Operations Forces in Global Competition
Russia's Approach to Cyber Warfare
The Same, Yet Different: United States and Gulf State Interests in the Post-Arab Spring Maghreb
American Naval Policy, Strategy, Plans and Operations in the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century
The Future of U.S.-India Naval Relations
Water Resource Competition in the Brahmaputra River Basin: China, India, and Bangladesh
Asking the Right Questions: A Framework for Assessing Counterterrorism Actions
Summary Report: U.S.-UK Integration in Helmand
Mobilizing Compatriots: Russia's Strategy, Tactics, and Influence in the Former Soviet Union
Charting the Course for Civil Affairs in the New Normal
Russia’s “Ambiguous Warfare” and Implications for the U.S. Marine Corps