Noncombatant Evacuation Operations Are Always Messy Affairs
Things became chaotic as officials of the American embassy in Sudan prepared for the evacuation of its embassy staff...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Noncombatant Evacuation Operations Are Always Messy Affairs
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
New Canal Threatens the Peace Between the Taliban and Central Asia
When the Taliban entered Kabul in mid-August 2021, the Central Asian governments, with the exception of the Tajik government,...
Geography, Bureaucracy, and National Security: The Legacies of the Cold War and Post-Cold War Periods
Editor’s Note: This first article in a series considers whether or not the legacy national security system of the...
In the Darkness: Lukashenka Digs In
Since Belarus’ authoritarian President Aliaksandr Lukashenka suppressed the protests that followed his certain rigging of elections in August 2020,...
The Long Game: Saudi Arabia and Professional Golf
When the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour commenced in 2022, most observers dismissed the spectacle as sportswashing. Sportswashing refers to...
The Constant Fight: Intelligence Activities, Irregular Warfare, and Political Warfare
Editor’s Note: This is the inaugural article for Foreign Policy Research Institute’s new Center for Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare....
US-Philippines Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement Revived
An American fighter jet or warship operating near Taiwan or in the South China Sea might soon be able...
When Diplomats Are Undiplomatic
US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, ignited something of a grass fire when he accused the South African...
Bad Company: Wagner Group and Prigozhin at Crossroads in Ukraine
“The children of elites…allow themselves to lead a public, fat, carefree life while the children of others arrive back...
Erdoğan’s Victory and Turkey’s Future
Editor’s Note: FPRI is publishing a collection of essays analyzing Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s victory in the Turkish presidential election...