Biden’s Bombs: The Dance of Ethics and Interests
On July 7, 2023, at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky, operators carefully placed an M55 rocket filled...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Biden’s Bombs: The Dance of Ethics and Interests
A nation must think before it acts.
Ukraine
Prigozhin’s Death and the Future of Putin’s Rule
Editor’s Note: The head of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is presumed dead as a result of a plane crash...
Russian Disinformation in Africa: No Door on this Barn
In 2018, Yale scholar Timothy Snyder called Russian information operations in the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, “the most...
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...
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...