Podcasts October 30, 2025 The Battle for Memory: Populism vs. Pluralism in Public History Baltic Ways presents a bonus episode from our partners at the EUROPAST podcast. The EUROPAST podcast explores Europe’s most pressing challenges of public history, investigating the complex and contested spaces of public memory, memory activism, and best practices for... Read more	Conversations October 29, 2025 In Conversation with Anna Fotyga \| Poland’s Path From Solidarity to NATO Accession and Beyond By: Natalia Kopytnik, Anna Fotyga The following conversation was recorded on October 17, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: It’s an honor to welcome Ms. Anna Fotyga to the podcast today. Ms. Fotyga has... Read more	Analysis October 29, 2025 The GERD Dispute: Lessons for Water Governance and the Future of the Nile Basin By: Thomas Rijntalder Introduction Water-related conflict is among the key concerns for a future marked by rising incidences of droughts, increasing water scarcity, and growing demands. The main aquatic project that has shaped contemporary diplomatic relations in the Nile Basin is the... Read more
Conversations October 27, 2025 In Conversation with Tomasz Szatkowski \| Poland’s Evolution as a Security Provider By: Natalia Kopytnik, Tomasz Szatkowski The following conversation was recorded on September 24, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: Our guest today is the former Polish Ambassador to NATO between 2019 and 2024, Mr.... Read more	Conversations October 24, 2025 In Conversation with Jakub Romaniuk \| Poland’s Domestic Dynamics and Defense By: Natalia Kopytnik, Jakub Romaniuk The following conversation was recorded on September 22, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: To get a sense of the current environment in Poland I am speaking with Jakub... Read more	FPRI News October 24, 2025 Announcing The Ties that Bind: NATO Allies in Action The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to announce the second season of The Ties that Bind podcast. The Ties that Bind examines how NATO shapes the transatlantic relationship and its role in the global security landscape. The... Read more
FPRI News October 22, 2025 Foreign Policy Research Institute and Georgia Tech Announce a Collaboration to Publish the Orbis Journal of World Affairs The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) announce the relaunch of the Orbis Journal of World Affairs. First published in 1957, Orbis was conceived... Read more	Reports October 17, 2025 Shallow Ramparts: Air and Missile Defenses in the June 2025 Israel-Iran War By: Sam Lair Introduction There are two remarkable stories about defenses during the war between Israel and Iran in June 2025. One is the failure of Iran’s much-discussed air defense system; the other, the success of the Israeli missile defense system.... Read more	Analysis October 15, 2025 Is Gen Z Reshaping Africa’s Political Landscape? By: Charles A. Ray In “Does Africa Matter to the United States?”, published by FPRI on January 11, 2021, it was argued that the youth of Africa, who currently account for almost half the continent’s population, could become recruits for extremist movements if... Read more