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July 2, 2025
![]() Foreign Influence is Fueling the War in SudanThe current war raging in Sudan began on April 15, 2023, with violent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Two years later, the conflict shows no signs of abating, primarily due... Read more |
July 1, 2025
![]() From Russia with RiskHere on the Bear Market Brief, a lot of what we focus on is, simply put, risk: what might happen, and what might it mean? On this episode, geoeconomic and country risk expert Rachel Ziemba joins Aaron Schwartzbaum to delve in the discipline... Read more |
June 27, 2025
![]() Covert Action: Evaluating the Future Leadership of US Strategic Covert OperationsTwo recent essays published by the Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) rekindle interest in a perennial debate about whether covert action, particularly paramilitary operations, and other capabilities related... Read more |
June 25, 2025
![]() Russian Political Warfare Operations in the BalkansThe western Balkans, including Bosnia and Kosovo, were the scene of some of the bloodiest warfare and atrocities in Europe post-World War Two until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Approximately twenty-five years after the last of the fighting in the... Read more |
June 25, 2025
![]() Burkina Faso: The World’s Disinformation Lab is an International Security DisasterBurkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one on the Global Terrorism Index Scale (2024), marking the first time in the thirteen years since the... Read more |
June 23, 2025
![]() More African Nations Meet Trump Administration Travel RestrictionsLess than six months into his current term in office, President Donald Trump has already imposed visa and travel restrictions on nationals from eleven countries in North and Sub-Saharan Africa traveling to the United States. In official statements, the... Read more |
June 17, 2025
![]() Will Russia’s Political Warfare Operations in the Balkans Fuel Its Next War?Russia’s Balkan Approaches Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s involvement in Eastern Europe has garnered greater attention. Unlike the brutal territorial conquest and destruction seen in Ukraine, Russia’s methods in southeastern Europe are more subtle,... Read more |
June 10, 2025
![]() Part 2 | Surviving Two Years in Russian CaptivityIn this special two part episode of Chain Reaction, Senior Fellow Rob Lee interviews Yevgeniy Malik, a squad leader in Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade. Malik fought in Mariupol during the beginning of the war and defended the Illich Iron... Read more |
June 6, 2025
![]() Russia’s Use of the Instruments of Statecraft in the Indo-PacificIntroduction This report analyzes Russia’s use of diplomatic, military, and economic instruments of statecraft to advance its interests in the Indo-Pacific region and examines how China perceives it. As with all reports in this series, this one defines... Read more |
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