Russia

The same week NASA announced the successful landing of its probe InSight on Mars, violence erupted in Kabul, Afghanistan. A rogue militia commander’s arrest by government security forces triggered…

Expanding the LexiconOver the past year and a half, European foreign policymakers and thought leaders have adopted a new lexicon. Terms like strategic autonomy and defense union have become…

The election coincides with constitutional reforms that will change Georgia's system of governance. After a contentious election and subsequent runoff, Salome Zurabishvili claimed victory as the next…

The lack of empirical evidence of cyber warfare between states makes deterrence theorizing nearly impossible. Western states largely renounced the concepts of defense and deterrence after the end of…

Unintended consequences are often found in the debris of partisan politics – and we’ve seen many there already during the short tenure of the Trump presidency.  But perhaps the most consequential yet…

This is not a time for brinkmanship. Thirty years ago, American and Soviet leaders signed a treaty eliminating an entire class of nuclear weapons, making the world a safer place while setting the…

Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are riding a new high in the wake of Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian navy ships in the Sea of Azov on Sunday, November 25th. The Ukrainian ships were attempting…

Geopolitical Language Barriers Between Russia and the West The actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin should be easy to comprehend. According to prevailing wisdom, he is desperately attempting…

The concept of security has evolved considerably since the end of the Cold War. Security is an inherently contested concept, encompassing a wide variety of scenarios, and is commonly used in…

On November 9, the Kremlin hosted representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban in Moscow. Afghanistan has been plagued with four decades of war and conflict. Afghans are understandably…

The elections threaten an increasingly unstable status quo in Ukraine's eastern provinces. On November 11, elections will be held in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR…

Russia's actions are an immediate threat to Ukrainian national security, and pose a strategic threat to the interests of the West.Russia has substantially increased its presence in Black Sea…