Category: Indo-Pacific
Tomasz Nadrowski: China’s minerals asymmetry, bifurcated value chains, & solutions to win
Based in New York, Tomasz Nadrowski is a portfolio manager at the Amvest Terraden Critical Minerals Fund. He is a CFA Charterholder with dual master’s degrees from the University of Geneva. Tomasz is a former Director of the World Economic Forum (WEF), served as Director at Anu Energy OEIC Ltd., and is fluent in seven…
Mike Studeman: The Indo-Pacific, US Thinking on China, Soft Power, Cyber Theft and Taiwan
Mike Studeman, the former Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence and a retired rear admiral, is one of our nation’s leading national security professionals, with extensive global experience in intelligence, foreign policy, and defense matters. He is an internationally recognized expert on Asian affairs, with deep expertise on China. Studeman has led intelligence operations…
Major General Tracy King: Future of Global Power, Strategic Resources, & US-China-Russia Relations
Major General (Ret.) Tracy King is a distinguished leader with decades of global military service. From leading U.S. Marine Forces in Europe and Africa to serving as Director of Asia Strategy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his career highlights include managing billion-dollar operations, fostering international alliances, and driving innovation in expeditionary warfare capabilities, including…
Professor Richard Stoll: International Relations, Europe, Asia, & The Middle East
Professor Richard Stoll, Albert Thomas Professor of Political Science at Rice University, is a renowned expert in international conflict, utilizing computer simulations and statistical analysis. His research, supported by the National Science Foundation, includes studying arms competitions, comparative foreign policy, and predicting serious international conflicts. Currently, he investigates naval arms races, public support for gender-equal…
Island Fever: Taiwan’s Midterms
Background Taiwan recently wrapped up its midterm cycle, which saw President Tsai Ing-Wen’s party, the DPP (Democratic Progressive Party), lose significant ground to the KMT (Kuomintang). In the aftermath of the disappointing results, President Tsai resigned as DPP party leader. However, she will stay on to finish her presidency ending in 2024. The headline, while…
Bretton Woods III & Global Trade
Background At the end of WWII, the United States, and impacted nations the world over, came together to revivify some semblance of cohesive international dialogue. Under the auspices of the United Nations, states negotiated frameworks for future trade, diplomacy, and economic engagement. From the latter, Bretton Woods was born, pegging the U.S. dollar to gold,…
The Solomon Islands – A Microcosm of Soft Power
Background Soft power has long been a proxy for influence and global standing. Rather, soft power, and the ability to project it, is the summation of strength in four areas – military capacity, economic sophistication, cultural ubiquity, and reputation (are you viewed as a ‘wolf warrior,’ do you break treaties, have you stood by your…
