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January 24, 2025
The Fight Against Disinformation: A Persistent Challenge for DemocracyIntroduction Disinformation, the deliberate dissemination of false or misleading information to deceive or manipulate public opinion, represents a profound and ongoing threat to Western democracies. It erodes trust in institutions, fuels polarization, and undermines decision-making processes. Russian disinformation campaigns,... Read more |
January 16, 2025
Trump, Russia, and the Strategic ContextWhere does the US stand in the world as Trump (re)assumes office? How is his approach towards Ukraine shaping up? Stephen Wertheim, Senior Fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Aaron... Read more |
January 13, 2025
Pacific Island Affairs and US Diplomatic RelationsUnder the Biden administration, there have been a number of extraordinary events that have had a significant impact on US diplomatic relations with the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Niue. Among other things, the Pacific Partnership Strategy changed the... Read more |
December 27, 2024
The Evolution of Baltic Military DivisionsTen years ago in 2014, Baltic defense was paltry. The defense budgets of the three Baltic states, but especially Latvia and Lithuania, were suffering from the financial crisis of 2008, and their armies were all negligible. Baltic defense was... Read more |
December 23, 2024
45 Days in Ukraine, 1,000 Days in WarThe title of this essay would have been a little bit different if I had spent five more days in Odesa as planned. “50 days in Ukraine, 1,005 days in war.” That would be a neat summary of my... Read more |
December 19, 2024
Women in Baltic Politics and Political LeadershipSignificant and, arguably, profound changes took place in Baltic high politics over the past four years. The peak pandemic years — 2020 and 2021 — proved quite pivotal for both Lithuania and Estonia, as both saw the emergence of... Read more |
December 17, 2024
NATO’s Future: The Philadelphia Perspective with Rep. Brendan BoyleThis conversation was recorded in late November and has been edited for clarity. Rick Landgraf: This is the Ties That Bind, NATO at 75 and Beyond, a podcast of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Today, I’m speaking with Congressman... Read more |
December 16, 2024
The Impact of Russia Sanctions on Central AsiaSince Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine and invited the largest international sanctions regime against Russia since the Second World War, Central Asia and the Caucasus have been forced into an uncomfortable position at the front of... Read more |
December 13, 2024
The New ‘Baltic Way’: Assessing the Baltic Defensive Line ConceptThis article was originally written as a USAWC Fellow Strategy Paper for the United States Army War College under the direction of Dr. (COL Ret.) Robert Hamilton. On August 23rd, 1989, an estimated two million citizens from the countries... Read more |