Who is the Kremlin’s Favored Candidate in the US Presidential Election?
As the US presidential election approaches, the Kremlin has been unusually dismissive of American politics, maintaining the appearance of...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Who is the Kremlin’s Favored Candidate in the US Presidential Election?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Contesting Russia: The Baltic Perspective
This week, Dr. Indra Ekmanis participated in a US Helsinki Commission briefing, “Contesting Russia: Lessons from Central & Eastern...
Russia’s Influence in Africa: The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church
When European imperial powers expanded their actions to conquer new regions and grow their spheres of influence in the...
Georgian and US Elections: Defining the Next Chapter for the South Caucasus
The following report was produced in partnership with the Applied Policy Research Institute Armenia. Executive Summary The article examines...
Russia’s Information War in Moldova
Introduction Historically, Russia has done everything it can to keep countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union...
The US May Have Lost the Sahel—But Russia is No Savior
On Monday, September 16, 2024, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that the US had completed its military withdrawal from...
Ukraine’s Argument For Striking Back
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, August 30, Russia launched five glide bombs toward Kharkiv. One bomb obliterated the entrance...
The BRICS Challenge to the G7 Established International Order
G7 and BRICS The G7, led by the United States in the Global North, and BRICS, led by China...
What Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion Tells Us About Putin’s Russia
In early August, the Ukrainian army broke into Russia and, virtually undeterred, rapidly advanced seizing a significant area of...
Putinism and Russian Ideological Shifts
Apparently, the collapse of the USSR did not mean the end of the Cold War. It took less than...