Tobias Franke discusses a possible revision of the European Security Strategy in 2009, arguing that a renewed version should position the European Union as a regional security actor.
Roman Muzalevsky analyzes Russia's strategy in Central Asia following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the context of growing competition and cooperation between the EU, U.S., and China.
Michael Stoll discusses the opium poppy crisis enveloping Afghanistan, arguing that the crisis is a result of instability, poor and corrupt governance, and a lack of security.
Jim Henderson discusses the phenomenon of "home-grown jihadism" in Europe and its absence in the United States as a means of evaluating the root causes of terrorism.
Mehran Gul investigates the role that India and Pakistan have played in successive U.S. grand strategies, arguing that the difficulty of managing relations with the two nations is a central dilemma faced by the United States.
Perhaps nowhere else in the world was the election of U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed with as much enthusiasm as on the continent of Africa. On the eve of the transition between U.S. administrations, YJIA Managing Editor Jason Warner interviewed Paul Tiyambe Zeleza about the future of U.S.-Africa relations and Africa's own prospects for hope and change in the coming year.
