November 12, 2015 3:35 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
Until September, Indonesia seemed sure to increase its defense budget in the coming year. Rising concern over Chinese actions...
November 4, 2015 3:32 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
Last week, the White House announced the deployment of a few dozen Special Forces soldiers to Syria. After more...
October 28, 2015 3:30 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
When the Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, came under fire by an AC-130 gunship at the beginning...
October 28, 2015 3:28 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
China and Japan sparred once again, this time at the United Nations. Last week, China’s ambassador for disarmament affairs...
October 26, 2015 3:26 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
The Soviet defeat and subsequent withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 left victorious Arab mujahideen adrift. Many retired from their...
October 15, 2015 3:23 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
Hulusi Akar, the recently selected chief of Turkey’s military, confronts a very tense, if not perilous environment. His August appointment...
October 13, 2015 3:19 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
It has been nearly three years since Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning American families from adopting...
October 9, 2015 2:55 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
At times, it seemed as though the negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would go on interminably. Begun in...
October 8, 2015 2:53 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
FPRI scholars and contributors have frequently used the case of Azerbaijan to support the argument that in today’s world...
September 22, 2015 2:50 pmPublished by Eli GilmanLeave your thoughts
In August 2015, Kyrgyzstan officially became a full member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), joining Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan...