Maritime Scuffle: Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov
On November 25, Russian border service patrol boats opened fire on two Ukrainian navy gunboats and rammed a Ukrainian...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Maritime Scuffle: Russia and Ukraine in the Sea of Azov
A nation must think before it acts.
Ukraine
Bond of War: Russian Geo-Economics in Ukraine’s Sovereign Debt Restructuring
Russia and Ukraine have spent the last four years locked in a conflict with many fronts, from the battlefields...
The Ukrainian Military: From Degradation to Renewal
In August 2015, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense officially launched a comprehensive effort to overhaul the country’s armed forces...
NATO: An FPRI Primer
Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants the President the power to negotiate alliances with the “Advice...
The Post-Soviet Wars: Part I
Russia’s intervention in Georgia in 2008 and, more recently, in Ukraine awaked many in the West to a category...
The New Eurasia Energy Landscape: Conference Report
By some measures, Eurasia’s energy landscape has changed more in the past several years than in the previous several...
Of Little Green Men and Long Black Robes: The Role of the Orthodox Church in the Conflict in Ukraine
It is an honor to have been invited to present the twenty-first Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs...
European Leaders Discuss the Future of the Baltic and Beyond at Riga
Since 2006, the Baltic states have hosted two major annual conferences on defense and security: the Annual Baltic Conference...
Ukraine and Chinese Investment: Caution Amid Potential?
As Ukraine’s recent economic difficulties persist—the country registered a modest growth rate of 2.3% in 2016, and painful IMF-mandated...
The Transnistrian Conflict: A Destabilizing Status Quo?
The conflict in Transnistria is the last secessionist conflict in the post-Soviet space that remains “frozen,” in the sense...