John P. Ruehl

John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to several other foreign affairs publications. He is currently finishing a book on Russia to be published in 2022.

The Inevitable Militarization of Space?

Alongside China’s, Which Social Credit Systems Are Developing?

United Steelworkers Lead Mobilization Drive as American Unions Face Growing Vulnerability

Trump’s Global Tariffs Are Meant for China

What Happens When Russian and Ukrainian Soldiers Come Home?

What Will Tech Moguls Do With Their Wealth? 

The Coming Age of Border Changes?

Foreign Companies Driving the Global Privatization of Domestic Infrastructure

Who Will Manage Global IP Protections?

The Venetian Republic Offers Powerful Lessons to an American One in Need of Repair

What is Driving State-Sponsored Attacks on Citizens Abroad?

How Republics Succeed, Falter, and Fail

What Are Republics, Anyway? It’s a Good Time to Learn

Which Countries Are on the Brink of Going Nuclear?

The Corporate Vehicles Changing International Commerce

How Extensive is the Privatization of Security?

The Status of Europe’s Autonomous Movements

Trump’s Battle for US Sports

How Powerful Are the Remaining Royals?

The Growing Weaponization of Open-Source Information

How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions and Global Conflicts in the 21st Century

Why Russians Still Support the War

Defending Privacy in the Surveillance State and Fragmenting Internet

Will the Golden Age for Shareholders Ever End?

The EU Is Marching Toward an Independent and Integrated Military

How Effective Is International Aid and Assistance?

Understanding Iran’s Non-State Network

North Korea’s Transformation on Peaceful Reunification Marks Paradigm Shift in Asia

An Assassination Scandal Threatens India’s Relations With the Five Eyes

Houthis Emerge as Latest Threat to U.S. Control Over Global Shipping

Does Modern Science Already Allow Us to Manage the Weather?

Comparing How the West and China Offer Loans to Developing Countries

Why We’re Seeing Shifting Patterns in Global Manufacturing

Why China’s New Map of Its Borders Has Stirred Regional Tensions

What if UFOs Have Been a Cover for High-Tech—and Human—Defense Research Programs?

Breaking Europe’s Hold on Soccer

How Countries Prepare for Population Growth and Decline

Private Military Companies Continue to Expand in Africa

A Brief Neocolonial History of the Five UN Security Council Permanent Members

Where Are the World’s Water Stresses?

Conflict, Migration and Demography in Russia and Its Border Regions

Taiwan’s Quest to Upgrade Its Battle Readiness Continues to Evolve

The Taliban and the Islamic State Continue to Fight for Control of Afghanistan’s Future

Understanding the Controversy About and Legality of ‘Overseas Police Stations’

How the War in Ukraine is Shaking up the Global Arms Industry

Why Ukraine is Increasingly a Nuclear Headache for World Powers

Why China’s Actions Toward Ukraine and Russia Could Shape the Course of Future Geopolitics

Why Sabotage is a Growing Form of Warfare in Ukraine

How Complicit Governments Support the Drug Trade

Why a Small City in Ukraine Is a Focal Point in the War