Podcasts December 22, 2025 What Actually Happened in Russia This Year? In which the current editor in chief of the Bear Market Brief talks to a former one about an important question: in the big picture what actually happened in Russia this year? Also, how do you go about making... Read more	Conversations December 22, 2025 In Conversation with Joel Linnainmäki \| Finland’s Role in NATO and the Arctic By: Natalia Kopytnik, Joel Linnainmäki The following conversation was recorded on December 11, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: My guest today is Joel Linnainmäki. He’s a research fellow at the Finnish Institute of... Read more	FPRI News December 18, 2025 FPRI Welcomes Mirna Galic, David Marsh, and Jon Metzler as Fellows Philadelphia, PA The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to welcome Jon Metzler and Mirna Galic as Non-Resident Senior Fellows in the Asia Program, and David Marsh as a Non-Resident Fellow in the National Security Program. David Marsh... Read more
Conversations December 18, 2025 In Conversation with Minna Ålander \| Finland’s History, Defense, and Path to NATO By: Natalia Kopytnik, Minna Ålander The following conversation was recorded on November 26, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: Hello, everyone. My guest today is Minna Ålander. She’s an associate fellow at... Read more	Podcasts December 17, 2025 What Is Irregular Warfare? What is Irregular Warfare and why in the Pentagon is it traditionally a subject of cyclical phases of either great enthusiasm or inattention over the decades? Phil Wasielewski talks with retired Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel Mark Grdovic, author of... Read more	Analysis December 10, 2025 The New US National Security Strategy: A Transactional Document that Marginalizes Africa By: Charles A. Ray The first official National Security Strategy (NSS) of the second Trump administration, dated November 2025 and publicly issued in early December 2025, is a document that some will hate and some will love. But many will scratch their heads... Read more
Analysis December 5, 2025 Central Asia Has a Drug Problem, and It Is Growing Worse By: Bruce Pannier Not long after late 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan became independent, illegal narcotics trafficking started through the region, mainly coming from drug-producing countries in South Asia, particularly Afghanistan, and being smuggled... Read more	Podcasts December 5, 2025 Understanding Unmanned Naval Systems We have spent a lot of time talking about Combat Collaborative Aircraft, or CCA. On this episode, Aaron sat down with Billy Byrne, the Director of Strategy for Defense at Saildrone. The two talked about the future of unmanned... Read more	Conversations December 4, 2025 In Conversation with Linda Ozola \| Latvia’s Crisis Management and Civil Defense By: Natalia Kopytnik, Linda Ozola The following conversation was recorded on November 17, 2025, and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Natalia Kopytnik: I’m very pleased to welcome Miss Linda Ozola, former Deputy Mayor of Riga and... Read more