In The Latest Russia-Belarus Non-Strategic Nuclear Exercise, Putin and Lukashenka Show Teeth
In mid-May, Belarus and Russia announced that they would conduct military exercises involving the delivery of nuclear weapons to...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
In The Latest Russia-Belarus Non-Strategic Nuclear Exercise, Putin and Lukashenka Show Teeth
A nation must think before it acts.
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East Shield: Poland’s Role in Defending NATO’s Eastern Border
Back in February 2025, when US Vice President JD Vance announced at the Munich Security Conference that US assistance...
The Hybrid Navy and the United Kingdom’s Defence Investment Plan
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
The False Hope of AI for Warzone Language Needs
“We’ve hooked up some machinery,” said Tommy, “that amounts to a mechanical translator… When you’re ready to talk to...
Just How Much is Too Much? The Defense Spending Dilemma
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
Inside Rubicon: The Structure of Russia’s Elite Drone Center
The following analysis was originally published on Two Marines, a newsletter on Russia’s war in Ukraine, defense technology, and modern...
Is US Influence in Africa at a Crossroads?
The United States enters the second half of the 2020s facing a fundamental question in Africa: Is Washington still...
Mnangagwa vs Chiwenga: The Existential Battle for Power in Zimbabwe
2017: The Coup that Wasn’t The November 2017 military move in Zimbabwe that marked the end of Robert Mugabe’s...
Dark Eagle in the Desert: Considerations for Deploying LRHW to CENTCOM
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
The Golden Fleet on Paper: Ambition Meets Strategic Contradiction
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...