Perseverance and Adaptation: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive at Three Months
On June 4, Ukraine launched its long-awaited offensive. The operation has proven to be a test of Ukrainian determination and...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Perseverance and Adaptation: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive at Three Months
A nation must think before it acts.
Ukraine
Nuclear Stability and Escalation Risks in Europe
Introduction The security situation in Europe has changed dramatically following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin’s...
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...
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...