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Russia’s Foreign Fighter Pipeline: How Moscow Exploits Global Poverty to Feed Ukraine’s Frontlines

Russia’s Foreign Fighter Pipeline: How Moscow Exploits Global Poverty to Feed Ukraine’s Frontlines
DEEP DIVE — Moscow has spent nearly four years burning through human resources in Ukraine, and now they’ve found a new way to fill the gaps of loss: exploiting the Global South. Russia is luring in [...] More

Export Controls Backfire: The China Innovation Paradox

Export Controls Backfire: The China Innovation Paradox
DEEP DIVE — When the Biden administration rolled out its semiconductor export restrictions in October 2022, the logic seemed airtight: cut off Beijing’s access to advanced AI chips, and you’d put the [...] More

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Russia’s War Economy Lifeline: Inside the Sanctions Evasion Network

Russia’s War Economy Lifeline: Inside the Sanctions Evasion Network

DEEP DIVE — Nearly three years into the most comprehensive sanctions regime ever imposed on a significant economy, Russia’s defense industrial base [...] More
New Reports Reveal Years of Unaddressed Osprey Safety Risks

New Reports Reveal Years of Unaddressed Osprey Safety Risks

Hailed as a transformational aircraft, the V-22 Osprey’s success came alongside safety warnings, deferred fixes, and a death toll critics say never [...] More
How China Built AI Dominance on Stolen American Silicon

How China Built AI Dominance on Stolen American Silicon

Inside Beijing’s all-of-the-above strategy to steal, smuggle, and scale AI power [...] More
What Would Follow a Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation?

What Would Follow a Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation?

The move to label Brotherhood affiliates as terrorist groups could reshape regional alliances, financial networks, and U.S. domestic politics. [...] More
Russia is Waging a Sabotage Shadow War on Europe

Russia is Waging a Sabotage Shadow War on Europe

A wave of covert attacks—from rail lines blasts to fiber cables—signals a sharper Russian campaign to destabilize Europe and undermine support for Ukraine. [...] More
Do Oil Sanctions Still Work?

Do Oil Sanctions Still Work?

What impact will the U.S. Administration's latest bold move have on Moscow? History says it’s complicated. [...] More
The Two-Front Nuclear Challenge: Iran, North Korea, and a New Era of U.S. Deterrence

The Two-Front Nuclear Challenge: Iran, North Korea, and a New Era of U.S. Deterrence

DEEP DIVE — While Washington is focused on Iran’s accelerating uranium-enrichment program and increasingly aggressive regional posture, an equally [...] More
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Hezbollah’s Quiet Rebuild

Iran’s Shadowy Lifeline and the Gathering Storm on Israel’s Northern Flank [...] More
Sudan’s War Without Borders: How Global Powers Turned Darfur into a Proxy Battleground

Sudan’s War Without Borders: How Global Powers Turned Darfur into a Proxy Battleground

Foreign states are arming rival militias in Sudan, fueling one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and reshaping the balance of power across [...] More