Wagner Group: Where Are They Now?
It’s been just over five months since the Wagner Group’s insurrection against the Russian government and three months since...
A nation must think before it acts.
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KZ Right Now: Kazakhstan’s Politics in a Changing Global Order
The Continent takes a (slight) detour to learn how trends over in Eurasia compare with what we’re seeing in...
Watching Russia
Where does Russian public sentiment on politics and war stand these days? And on a more basic level, how...
Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict Between Russia and the West
On this week’s special episode of the Bear Market Brief, Aaron Schwartzbaum sits down with FPRI Fellow Maximilian Hess...
Reflections on a Life in Special Operations, Intelligence, and Strategy
In a career spanning from the height of the Cold War to the fight against Al Qaida, Michael Vickers...
Kyiv Dispatch: How are Ukraine’s Politics and Society Changing as the War Continues?
Politically and socially, how are Ukrainians contending with a difficult, long war? Fabrice Deprez joins from Kyiv to...
Apocalypse Chisinau: Identity Politics in Moldova
How much do Moldovan politics rhyme with some of what we’ve seen in Ukraine? FPRI Senior Fellow Ecaterina Locoman...
Dark Heritage: Exploring Memory Building in Estonia
How do we remember tragedies? How do populations construct memories and memory institutions around these events? How can contemporary...
Black Sea Security: The View From Bucharest
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 put the Black Sea region on the map in Washington, DC and...
Two Years After the Fall of Afghanistan – What Have We Learned?
Two years ago this month, Taliban forces rolled into Kabul, completing their takeover of Afghanistan. After 20 years of...