Central Asia’s Middle Corridor Expansion: Opportunity for China and Iran
The sustained attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels since November 2023 have...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Central Asia’s Middle Corridor Expansion: Opportunity for China and Iran
A nation must think before it acts.
Ukraine
Russia Steps Up the Competition in Africa
Amidst the smoldering wreckage of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane, it appeared that Wagner Group would suffer without its senior leadership,...
Testing European Unity on Ukraine
Ukraine’s counteroffensive appears to be stalling. Part of this derives from Western expectations that Ukraine would continue to make...
Stalemate Is Not Checkmate in Ukraine
“Positions are seldom lost because they have been destroyed, but almost invariably because the leader has decided in his...
Synchronized: The Impact of the War on Ukraine’s Energy Landscape
This report takes a three-step approach to analyzing the consequences of the war on the Ukrainian energy landscape and...
Britain Missing in Action on India-Middle East-Europe Corridor
During the G20 summit in September 2023, the United States and its closest allies and partners—the European Union, France,...
“For as Long as it Takes”: Putting US Aid to Ukraine into Perspective
Over the past year, Biden administration officials from the president down have repeatedly insisted that the United States will...
Why the West Should Stick with Conventional Arms Control in Europe for Now
On May 10, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that marked the end of an era. He...
The Frontline States: Conversations and Observations About Russia’s Other War in Europe
All Soviet efforts…will be negative and destructive in character, designed to tear down sources of strength beyond reach...
Wagner’s Head is Dead, Now Bury the Body
Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead in a plane crash, alongside Wagner Group’s co-founder and operational commander, Dmitry Utkin. They...