Analysis March 31, 2026 How War in Iran is Impacting the Baltic States By: Indra Ekmanis Each month, Dr. Indra Ekmanis writes a monthly roundup highlighting major political, cultural, and economic events in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Her commentary on the Baltic response to war in Iran is featured below, originally published in the March... Read more	Analysis March 27, 2026 Medicine for Minerals: US Foreign Assistance in Africa By: Charles A. Ray In a March 16, 2026 article, The New York Times reported that it had obtained the draft of a memo indicating that the State Department is considering “withholding lifesaving assistance to people with HIV in Zambia as a negotiating... Read more	Podcasts March 26, 2026 The Motivation of Memory in Estonian Politics On June 14, 1941, the Soviet Union deported more than 10,000 people from Estonia to Siberia. Eight years later, Soviet authorities deported 20,000 more. These deportations have left a lasting legacy on Estonian society, though the majority of the... Read more
FPRI News March 25, 2026 FPRI Welcomes New Fellows Philadelphia, PA The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to welcome Hadas Aron, Suzanne Loftus, Yeh-chung Lu, Michael Petersen, Rebecca Pincus, Emma Salisbury, and Ayumi Teraoka as Fellows. Dr. Hadas Aron is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at FPRI. She... Read more	Analysis March 25, 2026 Why Africa Is Key to New Delhi’s Strategic Autonomy By: Raghvendra Kumar The ongoing military conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has once again exposed that war and conflict not only carry significant human costs but also reveal deep structural vulnerabilities in the global economic and energy systems. The... Read more	Expert Commentary March 23, 2026 FPRI Experts React \| The Cost of a Win-Win for US-Japan Relations By: Shihoko Goto, Jon Metzler, Mirna Galic Shihoko Goto, Asia Program Director As the first G7 leader to meet with President Donald Trump in the White House since the US attacks on Iran, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s ability to manage relations with the United States... Read more
Expert Commentary March 23, 2026 Experts React \| Effects of the Iran War on Energy Markets By: Emily Holland, Maximilian Hess, Joshua Busby, Greg Pollock, Maria Shagina, Nicholas Trickett Emily Holland, Eurasia Program Director With the world still reeling from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately one fifth of global oil is shipped, Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on Qatar’s LNG infrastructure have sent... Read more	Expert Commentary March 20, 2026 FPRI Experts React \| Options in the Strait of Hormuz By: Emma Salisbury, Michael B. Petersen, Frank G. Hoffman After weeks of war, pressure is mounting on the Trump administration to deploy sea and ground forces on an open-ended mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway connecting Asia with the Arabian Sea. The options for... Read more	Analysis March 20, 2026 Would You Fight For Your Country? The Most and Least Willing Among NATO Allies By: Māris Andžāns This piece is part of The Ties That Bind, a project on NATO’s role in the global security landscape. If a war were to break out, would you be willing to fight for your country? This is a shortened... Read more