Constitutional Reform and Presidential Term Limits in…
What will Vladimir Putin do when his presidential term ends in 2024?
In his annual state-of-the-nation speech this…
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Nuclear Damage Limitation in an Era of Great Power…
Editor's note: This is the second piece in a two-part series examining the role of damage limitation strategy in…
A History of Damage Limitation in U.S. Nuclear War…
The concept of nuclear damage limitation dates back to the early 1960s. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense…
Conflict and Competition: Limited Nuclear Warfare and…
"Nuclear weapons seem to be in almost everybody's bad book, but the fact is that they are a powerful force for…
Belarus and Russia: Fraternal Nations But Not a Union…
This past weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spent over five…
NATO Membership and Georgia’s Democratic Future
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is the most powerful alliance in history. Since World War Two, with American…
Turkish Oil Drilling in Cyprus’ EEZ Threatens to…
Illegal oil drilling, Russian influence, and an entente of unlikely powers in the Eastern Mediterranean leave the…
London Court Rules Against Ukrainian Oligarchs in…
While the ruling is ostensively favorable for Ukraine, it has consequences for the country's economic and…
Elections in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk Regions:…
In early October of 2019, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine would agree to hold…
Rethinking U.S. Energy Security to Hedge Against…
As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for the September 2019 attack on the Abqaiq and Khurais oil…
Transnistria: No Longer an Illegal Trade Hub?
Is Transnistria slowly shifting westward?
If you've not heard of Transnistria—the de-facto state nestled between…
Termination of INF Treaty Could Spark Arms Race in Asia
By terminating of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a key Cold War-era arms control pact, the…