From Tehran to Donbas: What the Iran War Means for Russia and Ukraine
The sudden outbreak of war in in Iran has snapped the world’s attention away from Eastern Europe toward the...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
From Tehran to Donbas: What the Iran War Means for Russia and Ukraine
A nation must think before it acts.
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Better Late Than Never, US and Allies Race toward Ukrainian Counter-Shahed Tech
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
Czech President, New Government in Early Power Struggle
In an interview on Feb. 1, 2026 on the popular Czech television political commentary series “Questions with Vaclav Moravec,”...
Four Years of War in Ukraine and Baltic Solidarity
Each month, Dr. Indra Ekmanis writes a monthly roundup highlighting major political, cultural, and economic events in Estonia, Latvia,...
A Conundrum: Strategic Minerals and a Peripheral Africa
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS), publicly issued in early December 2025, focused primarily on the survival of...
The US Is Not Built For War Or Peace: America’s Industrial Resilience Gap
This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national...
The Origin of the US-UK Intelligence “Special Relationship”
Introduction From the beginning of World War II in Europe in 1939, a formal, albeit limited, liaison relationship existed...
Leveraging the Kurdish National Council and Roj Peshmerga to Break the Deadlock in Syria
State of Play Northeast Syria, for long the most stable corner of the country, has been plunged into turmoil...
The US AI Acceleration Plan vs China’s Diffusion Model
The latest US Artificial Intelligence Strategy is a meaningful policy shift and should not be treated as just another...
Trump and the Special Operations Panacea
The recent raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appears to have been a nearly flawlessly executed special operation....