Fighting to Win: Ukraine, Russia, and the War for Survival
Download PDF Introduction I arrived in Kyiv this July after a thirteen-hour overnight train ride in a clean...
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The Folly of Merging the Indo-Pacific and Europe
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States has embarked upon an ambitious endeavor: containing...
Wagner Group Licks its Wounds in Belarus
Most analysts have labeled Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted rebellion and the Wagner Group mutiny a failure. And in many ways,...
Drone Wars over Moscow
Twice this week, drones attacked a building housing government ministries in Moscow. The Kremlin immediately blamed Ukraine. Ukrainian officials...
The Primacy Trap
In the 2010s, the global landscape changed. The Arab Spring, the Russian occupation of Crimea, and China’s national security...
Changing Tides in the Black Sea Region: Conference Report
The following is an edited transcript of a live recording of FPRI’s Chain Reaction podcast from the Changing...
Wagner Mutiny Ex Post Facto: What’s Next in Russia and Africa?
After bulldozing trucks and shooting down government aircraft, Wagner Group’s columns, which had been advancing northward from Rostov, stalled...
Off the MAP: Ukraine and the Problems of Expanding NATO
To join NATO, prospective members typically must follow a MAP, or membership action plan. The MAP has been NATO’s...
Following Prigozhin’s Aborted Mutiny, What Will Happen to the Wagner Group?
The future of the Wagner Group is in doubt. Less than a week after Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin launched...
Editor’s Corner Summer 2023
In the spring 1958 issue of Orbis, Robert Strausz-Hupé, Alvin J. Cottrell, James E. Dougherty and Virgil Ney grappled...