Arctic Worries: Melting Ice, and a Russia-China Partnership
DEEP DIVE – As more Arctic ice melts and more avenues for navigation and commerce open up at the top of the world, there’s a […] More
Europe
Why Crimea Matters – for War and Peace in Ukraine
EXPERT INTERVIEWS – Mention “the war“ to Ukrainians and they will likely date the conflict not to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of their country, but […] More
Russia Risks Following in the Footsteps of Syria’s Dictatorship
OPINION — Is Vladimir Putin repeating the errors made by the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad? Many believe the answer may be yes. In November 2024, Assad’s […] More
Dealing with Nuclear Proliferation in a Dangerous Moment
OPINION — Numerous U.S. allies have expressed concerns regarding the nuclear weapons programs of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. Most of those concerns have come […] More
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Facing Russia Threat and U.S. Pivot, Poland Prepares for War
EXPERT INTERVIEW — Other than Ukraine itself, few European countries have been as directly impacted by Russia’s 2022 invasion as Poland. From the beginning, Poland, which […] More
Ukraine’s Drone Boom – and What It Might Teach the World
EXPERT INTERVIEWS – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this week that Ukraine plans to take an already-booming domestic drone industry and boost it to “the […] More
What A U.S. Commander’s Testimony Tells Us About Russia’s War on Ukraine
OPINION — “The Russian economy has been both bolstered and distorted by this war. Specifically, the Russian government has had to turbo-charge their defense sector and […] More
Russia and the ‘Gray Zone’ of War
EXPERT INTERVIEWS – It’s a theater of conflict that isn’t quite war – or a war that is fought in the shadows, using non-traditional and […] More
As Turkey Faces Mass Protests, Trump and Erdogan Map New Relationship
EXPERT INTERVIEWS – Turkey is being rocked by the largest-scale protests it has seen in more than a decade. Hundreds of thousands of people have […] More
When It Comes to Security and Defense, Can Europe Go It Alone?
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – Over the last few weeks, hardly a day has gone by without a fresh pledge from a European nation to […] More
Expert Q&A: Can Europe Defend Itself?
EXPERT Q&A — As European policymakers and military leaders consider the potential for security and defense arrangements without the backing of the United States – a […] More
What Thucydides Tells Us About 2025 Superpower Relations
OPINION — “It is not your enmity that harms us so much as your friendship, which would be interpreted as evidence of our weakness, while your […] More
Plea From the Baltics: As U.S. Pivots to Russia, ‘Where Are We Going?’
EXPERT INTERVIEW — When it comes to Europe’s “frontline states” that worry about aggression from Russia, the Baltic nations stand apart. They were under the control […] More
For Trump Administration, Policy Often Involves a Hunt for Minerals
DEEP DIVE — Over the past week, the Trump administration took two steps involving the pursuit of critical and rare earth minerals: it issued an executive […] More
Expert Q&A: Europe Prepares for Worst – and Hopes Putin Hasn’t Become America’s ‘Best Friend’
EXPERT Q&A – As the Trump administration takes a more conciliatory approach towards Russia, and distances itself in many ways from its traditional European allies, […] More
EXPERT Q&A: Turkey Eyes Challenges and Opportunities in Trump 2.0 Era
EXPERT Q&A – This week President Donald Trump spoke with his counterpart in Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and there are reportedly plans in place for […] More
After Trump-Putin Call, New Fears In Ukraine
EXPERT Q&A — The news that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a limited ceasefire in its war against Ukraine – a halt to […] More
Trump and Europe’s Intelligence-Sharing Problem
OPINION — President Trump’s recent decision to halt intelligence sharing with Ukraine has presented Europe with an urgent problem. Not only did the move temporarily put […] More
With ‘Ball in Russia’s Court,’ What Will Putin Do?
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — As the Trump Administration pressed over the past week to reach a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine, two phrases captured […] More