June 2025 – Georgetown Security Studies Review
7 posts published by Joseph Boudreau, Alan Cunningham, Jupiter Huang, Anirudh Prakash, Veronica Marcone, Natalie Zakarian, and Candace Huntington during June 2025| Georgetown Security Studies Review
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify This episode dives into the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and explores how recent trends and developments in the technology continue to transform. This episode also examines the growing challenges of content moderation, as many social media companies continue to scale back their moderation efforts. Peyton Taylor (SSP‘25) hosts Dr. Daniel … Continue reading Episode 76: Twenty Minutes on Technology with Dr. Daniel Byman| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Credit: Pacific Forum Tensions in the South China Sea have reached new heights. Recent incidents, such as the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Coast Guard’s ramming tactics and aggressive use of water cannons against Philippine vessels, vividly show the escalation in the region. These bouts do not occur in the middle of nowhere: they … Continue reading The Manila Connection: Rethinking U.S. Engagement in the Indo-Pacific through the Philippines| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Credit: DoD Although Iran coordinated its June 23 attack on a U.S. base in Qatar with Qatari and U.S. officials, and no one was killed, the event underscored two old truths about America’s Gulf Arab partners: they remain vulnerable vis-à-vis the security threat of Iran, and because of that, they urgently need to integrate … Continue reading Intercepting Trouble: It’s Past Time for Integrated Air and Missile Defense in the Gulf| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Apple Podcasts | Spotify Sea control is more important than ever. With 80-90 percent of the global trade over sea, it is impossible to maintain the current economic order without stability and security of the world’s major trading routes. However, more forces than ever are able to destabilize the global maritime network. Whether it is a resurgence … Continue reading Unconventional Maritime Warfare| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Credit: The New Arab On December 8, 2024, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist militant group, captured Damascus after an eleven-day offensive against the incumbent regime. Former leader Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow, ending his controversial reign after decades as Syrian President and a thirteen-year civil war. The country faces a long road toward … Continue reading Captivated by Narcotics: How Captagon Undermines Syria’s Reconstruction Efforts| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Credit: Force Distance Times Despite an administration change at the beginning of the year, key U.S. defense priorities have remained the same. Among these priorities is the revitalization of the U.S. defense industrial base and the consolidation of supply chains for critical minerals feeding the defense industry. However, what has changed under the Trump … Continue reading Powering the Future: Striking Deals to Secure Critical Mineral Supply Chains| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Credit: ChatGPT Old age happens to all humans. Eventually, individuals with spritely, active youths, and sharp minds begin to falter and their mental and physical acuity begins to fade. While this is a rite of passage, it is a fact of life and, for the average U.S. citizen, one that occurs begrudgingly, but without … Continue reading A Modern Day Sparta: The American Gerontocracy and the National Security Implications of Elderly Rule| Georgetown Security Studies Review
7 posts published by Joseph Boudreau, Alan Cunningham, Jupiter Huang, Anirudh Prakash, Veronica Marcone, Natalie Zakarian, and Candace Huntington during June 2025| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Credit: AzerNews As the international community grapples with the intensification of extreme weather events caused by climate change, and efforts to curb global emissions have fallen “miles short,” countries are once again looking to nuclear energy to decarbonize. The continued growth of electricity-intensive sectors, including advanced manufacturing and data centers that support artificial intelligence … Continue reading It’s Getting Hot in Here: Climate Change as a Catalyst fo...| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Credit: Breaking Defense On June 3, 2025, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party won the South Korean presidential elections by a landslide. He swept the governing People’s Power Party out of office—the same party whose leader, then-president Yoon Suk-yeol—had declared martial law six months earlier. With this defeat, the months of political turmoil ended, … Continue reading The Soldier and the Democratic State: Civil-Military Relations and South Korea’s 2024 Constitutional Crisis| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image source: Asian Affairs The chaotic opening of the second Trump administration has sent shockwaves through U.S. alliances and reignited debates about the status of the U.S. military presence ab…| Georgetown Security Studies Review
9 posts published by Henry Tolchard, Jakub Kostka, Julian Reich, Georgia Wood, Jackson Mariani, Garrett Wright, Parker Hempel, GSSR Editors, and Antonia-Laura Pup during March 2025| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Credit: CE Energy News As the United States seeks to strengthen its global leadership in energy innovation, small modular reactors (SMRs) emerge as a powerful tool of diplomatic engagement in…| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Source: The Economist Across Latin America, leaders have adopted increasingly bold platforms to propel them into office. Argentinian President Javier Milei campaigned on vows of a much-needed…| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Source: Magic Media, via Canva In the 1930s, the Soviet Union promoted the concept of “Southern Autonomous State,” an independent state in the South of the United States. As part …| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Source: Wikimedia February 2024 marked the third anniversary of Myanmar’s military coup, which threw the country’s nascent democracy into chaos and set off a geopolitical chain reaction acros…| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Image Source: DALL-E By guest contributor Akash Wasil, an AI policy researcher and incoming Security Studies Program (SSP) student. U.S. policymakers are sprinting to bolster the federal governmen…| Georgetown Security Studies Review
