Analysis May 19, 2026 Can the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) Revitalize Zimbabwe’s Economy? By: Charles A. Ray Introduction Zimbabwe created a US dollar-denominated exchange in Victoria Falls, the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), to offer issuers and investors a rules-based “hard currency land” for capital raising and secondary trading, in an environment where domestic currency instability... Read more	FPRI News May 19, 2026 FPRI Welcomes New Fellows Philadelphia, PA The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to welcome Jessica C. Liao, Prashanth Parameswaran, and Raghvendra Kumar as Fellows. Jessica C. Liao is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at FPRI, an associate professor of Asian Studies in... Read more	Podcasts May 14, 2026 Slow Memory, Slow Conflict In this episode of Baltic Ways, Dr. Indra Ekmanis speaks with Professors Violeta Davoliūtė and Ene Kõresaar about their contributions to a special issue of Slovak Ethnology. Co-edited by Davoliūtė, the issue focuses on slow memory. Kõresaar, together with... Read more
Podcasts May 7, 2026 The Strategy for Affordable Missiles: A Conversation with Ursa Major Aaron Stein, President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), talks with James Swartout, VP of Strategy at Ursa Major Technologies, about his career in national security and how his company is revolutionizing aerospace and defense. The Strategy for... Read more	Reports May 7, 2026 A Growing Rift: The Decline of Russian-Central Asian Ties By: Bruce Pannier Executive Summary A small group of Russian nationalists has been calling to “reclaim” Russia’s colonial territories since the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991. After the Kremlin finally acted on these aspirations by invading parts of Ukraine, the number... Read more	Analysis April 24, 2026 Why Niger Can Seize Uranium but Cannot Sell It By: Raphael Parens, Steven Radil More than 1,000 metric tons of yellowcake uranium sit at Airbase 101 adjacent to Niamey’s international airport, loaded onto trucks that have not moved in weeks, a convoy that has become a defining image of a world order in... Read more
Reports April 22, 2026 Shifting Power Dynamics in Kyrgyzstan: The End of the Japarov-Tashiyev Era By: Bruce Pannier Introduction Kyrgyzstan was once viewed as the “island of democracy “in Central Asia. That changed in the last five years due to the tandem of President Sadyr Japarov and head of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Kamchybek... Read more	Analysis April 17, 2026 Russia After Putin By: Philip Wasielewski Vladimir Putin, 73, has been Russia’s leader for over a quarter of a century and the driving force behind Moscow’s efforts to reassert control over its former Soviet and Tsarist empire. His eventual departure from the world stage will... Read more	Analysis April 17, 2026 Hungarian Elections: Ramifications for Central Europe By: Robert Beck As the dust settles and the euphoria ebbs on the historic mid-April 2026 elections in Hungary, the consequences of Tisza’s resounding victory over Victor Orban’s Fidesz party will start to manifest to the north of Budapest, specifically in Poland,... Read more