North Korea: Is There a Pathway to a Deal?
International relations along the Korean peninsula, the most dangerous place militarily on earth, appear to be moving forward in...
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Talking like a Nuclear State: Kim Jong-un is going into Summit Season with Strength
Last week, on April 21, the North Korean leadership showed just how savvy it really is at propaganda. In...
Outfoxed by the Bear? America’s Losing Game Against Russia in the Near East
For centuries, American policymakers have likened Russia to a large, clumsy bear—a state whose power relies not on skill...
The Military as Peacemakers and Enforcers: Military Operations Other Than War in the 1990s
A quick victory in Iraq validated military professionals’ post-Vietnam War emphasis on warfighting using decisive force. Operation DESERT STORM...
Russian and American De-Confliction Efforts in Syria: What’s the Endgame in the Civil War?
The war in Syria is reaching a decisive point. As the campaign against ISIL winds down, the battle for...
Developments in Baltic Defense since Trump Took Office
The Baltic states have felt themselves to be in something of a defense crisis since the Russian annexation of...
In the Baltics, We Hope Trump Tweets about Us
It was a chilly spring afternoon in downtown Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Curious passersby crowded around a dozen...
Trump’s Jerusalem Embassy Move: A Busted Flush?
In 1898, Kaiser Wilhelm II rode into Jerusalem on a white horse, flamboyantly manifesting his resolve to transform Germany...
The Vietnam War: A Lesson in the Geopolitics of Southeast Asia
As nuclear confrontation gave way to nuclear parity in the 1960s and early 1970s, limited war in Vietnam proved...
The Record of FPRI Scholars on Threats to the Electric Grid
On March 15, the New York Times reported that Russia had hacked power plants in the United States. ...