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Special Reports
Special Reports provide in-depth analysis on a particular topic or issue and provide policy recommendations.
Beyond Energy: The Geopolitical Determinants of Turkey’s Mediterranean Policy
The Eastern Mediterranean has recently emerged as one of the hottest conflict zones in the world. It has everything one would need for a nail-biting thriller: energy reserves, international companies, reckless leaders, and battleships trying to outmaneuver each other...
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Russian Naval Forces in the Syrian War
This report is a part of FPRI’s edited volume Russia’s War in Syria: Assessing Russian Military Capabilities and Lessons Learned. ...
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Russian Aerial Operations in the Syrian War
This report is a part of FPRI’s edited volume Russia’s War in Syria: Assessing Russian Military Capabilities and Lessons Learned. ...
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The Russian Ground-Based Contingent in Syria
This report is a part of FPRI’s edited volume Russia’s War in Syria: Assessing Russian Military Capabilities and Lessons Learned. ...
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Georgia’s Doomed Deep-Sea Port Ambitions: Geopolitics of the Cancelled Anaklia Project
Georgia has long sought to take advantage of its strategically important location and establish itself as a significant transit hub connecting Europe and Asia. This endeavor has been slowly advanced by an array of innovative economic reforms, as well...
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Syria and the Russian Armed Forces: An Evaluation of Moscow’s Military Strategy and Operational Performance
This report is a part of FPRI’s edited volume Russia’s War in Syria: Assessing Russian Military Capabilities and Lessons Learned. ...
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The Hunt for Mobile Missiles: Nuclear Weapons, AI, and the New Arms Race
Download The Hunt for Mobile Missiles: Nuclear Weapons, AI, and the New Arms Race This report examines the increasing ability ...
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The Russian Way of War: Threat Perception and Approaches to Counterterrorism
This report is a part of FPRI’s edited volume Russia’s War in Syria: Assessing Russian Military Capabilities and Lessons Learned. ...
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Russia and China’s Quiet Rivalry in Central Asia
How does the People’s Republic of China use multilateral institutions in Central Asia? In the 1990s and early 2000s, multilateral bodies were a means of working with the Russian Federation and other countries in the region collaboratively. More recently,...
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Russia’s Intervention in Syria: Historical and Geopolitical Context
This report is a part of FPRI’s edited volume Russia’s War in Syria: Assessing Russian Military Capabilities and Lessons Learned. ...
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