US Withdrawal from Niger Signals a Shift in Western Influence in the Sahel
On March 16, observers of peace and security in the Sahel region were taken aback by the sudden announcement...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
US Withdrawal from Niger Signals a Shift in Western Influence in the Sahel
A nation must think before it acts.
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The Islamic State Five Years After the Collapse of the Caliphate
Five years ago this March, the final remnants of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate were physically destroyed. The Syrian...
The Technological Pivot of History: Power in the Age of Exponential Innovation
Just as Halford Mackinder, in his seminal work The Geographical Pivot of History, argued that control over the Eurasian...
China’s Two Meetings and What They Mean for the United States
On the first Monday in March 2024, delegates—nearly 3,000 to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and over 2,000 to...
The Fire That Didn’t Burn: Transnistria’s Unanswered Call for Russian Support
On February 28, the legislature of Transnistria, a pro-Russia, de facto independent state internationally recognized as part of Moldova,...
The “Day After” in Gaza: Bridging the American and Israeli Visions
The divisions between Israel and the United States over the Gaza War seem to have deepened in the aftermath...
From Protests to Prosecutions: A Tale of Modern Hong Kong
“This is how the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper.” The most famous line from...
Conflict in Gaza: The Law of War and Irregular Warfare in Urban Terrain
Note from Philip Wasielewski, director of FPRI’s Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare: The conflict in...
Putin’s Warped Idea of Russian History
The total wartime losses of Russia and Ukraine are difficult to estimate. Neither country publishes accurate data, exaggerating the...
NATO Needs to Get Serious at Seventy-Five
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently arrived in Washington seeking to persuade the White House and Congress to successfully...