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.
Russia
From Front Line to Fault Line: Russia’s Challenge Managing Veteran Reintegration
Executive Summary Russia’s policy execution structure decentralizes responsibility for the reintegration of war participants, while centralizing credits for success...
How the Russian Orthodox Church Became a Weapon of Political Warfare
Bottom Line The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has become a central pillar of the Kremlin’s political and informational warfare...
American Missiles and Russian Dachas: Tomahawk and the Future of Stability and Deterrence in Europe
The Tomahawk cruise missile is a near perfect machine. Its development followed advances in guidance and turbofan engine technology...
Nuclear Weapons In Space: Orbital Bombardment and Strategic Stability
Executive Summary In 2015, a new space race began. Blue Origin, a privately owned company, landed a booster on a launch pad back on earth, after lifting an object 100...
Partners or Rivals? Areas of Convergence and Divergence of Interests in the Indo-Pacific
Introduction The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China announced that their friendship had “no limits” and “no...
Atlantic Bastion: The Future of Anti-Submarine Warfare
Atlantic Bastion represents the Royal Navy’s future plan for anti-submarine capabilities, defending the North Atlantic against the threat...
Russia Won’t Sit Out a US-China Asia-Pacific War
Contrary to the popular assessments of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership, Chinese and Russian national interests primarily converge in the...
Russia’s Use of the Instruments of Statecraft in the Indo-Pacific
Introduction This report analyzes Russia’s use of diplomatic, military, and economic instruments of statecraft to advance its interests...
The Wrong Russia-Ukraine Deal Could Undermine US Security
As of the writing of this article, American efforts to end the Russo-Ukrainian War remain stalemated like the fighting...