The Changing Geopolitics of Natural Gas in the Black Sea Region
Russian dominance over natural gas deliveries into Europe has been weakening, thanks in large part to the new ways...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Changing Geopolitics of Natural Gas in the Black Sea Region
A nation must think before it acts.
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Historical Analogies and Western Policymaking Concerning the Baltic Region
Western policymakers charged with making decisions related to the security and defense of the Baltic states face intractable questions...
Kaliningrad: Baltic Hong Kong No Longer
Kaliningrad Oblast—the westernmost Russian region physically separated from the Russian mainland—is a unique case study in post-Soviet transformation. The...
Moldova Between Scylla and Charybdis: Foreign Threats and Domestic Issues
Russia’s neighbors are on high alert: the unexpected annexation of Crimea, the stealth intervention in eastern Ukraine, and the...
Russia Is An Asian Power Too: Japan Understands, but Does the United States?
War on the Rocks Washington’s two recent big summits occurred as if they were in two different worlds. First,...
Birds of a Feather: As Viktor Orbán’s Cronies Unload on President Trump, Orbán Sidles Up to President Putin
The Hungarian proverb Madarat tolláról, embert barátjáról translates roughly as “You can tell a bird by its feathers, and...
Russia’s Black Sea Strategy: Restoring Great Power Status
The importance of the Black Sea region to Russian security has risen over the past decade from an area...
Russia’s Quiet Annexation of South Ossetia Continues
When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the consequences were harsh for the invader—global outrage over and condemnation of the...
Khan Sheikhoun, Shayrat Air Base, and What Next?
By now the world knows that U.S. military forces for the first time since the onset of the Syrian...
Thinking Beyond China When Dealing with North Korea: Is There a Role for Russia?
Washington’s continued fixation on China as the only route to the solution of the North Korea nuclear problem is...