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March 5, 2024
The Realignment of the Middle EastExecutive Summary In the Middle East, reality can change in the blink of an eye. Misconceptions and misrepresentations that dominate the public discourse have it that the region has been embroiled in war since time immemorial. Still,... Read more |
March 5, 2024
Conflict in Gaza: The Law of War and Irregular Warfare in Urban TerrainNote from Philip Wasielewski, director of FPRI’s Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare: The conflict in Gaza is a classic example of irregular warfare, a form of warfare in which one side fights another to achieve... Read more |
February 27, 2024
Putin’s Warped Idea of Russian HistoryThe total wartime losses of Russia and Ukraine are difficult to estimate. Neither country publishes accurate data, exaggerating the enemy’s losses and downplaying their own. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukraine allegedly lost 406,000 people killed and... Read more |
February 26, 2024
NATO Needs to Get Serious at Seventy-FiveNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently arrived in Washington seeking to persuade the White House and Congress to successfully negotiate legislation that would free up $60 billion to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian forces. He delivered his remarks... Read more |
February 23, 2024
The Visegrád Four: Disunity in Central EuropeWhen the Russian army rolled into Ukraine in late February of 2022, it was clear that the invasion would create serious political and security repercussions for countries across the region. In addition to the immediate threat to Ukraine’s independence,... Read more |
February 22, 2024
The Special Relationship Is Dead: Bring Back British StatecraftEditor’s Note: This is the first article in a series on the future of US-UK relations. The second article can be found here. There was a time when the United Kingdom was regarded as the world leader in... Read more |
February 22, 2024
The US-UK Special Relationship: Time for a Reset, Not an EndEditor’s Note: This is the second article in a series on the future of US-UK relations. The first article can be found here. The US-UK special relationship, one of the longest and closest bilateral relationships of the twentieth... Read more |
February 16, 2024
Navalny’s Death and the Future of Dissent in RussiaOn February 16, Russian authorities announced that long-time opposition figure and Putin critic, Alexei Navalny, had died in prison while serving a nineteen-year-long sentence. Navalny, forty-seven, tirelessly challenged Putin’s corrupt, authoritarian regime, often at a high cost, and was... Read more |
February 13, 2024
Can Europe Hold the Line on Ukraine?When it comes to supporting Ukraine, the European Union has taken a decisive lead over the United States. On February 1, Brussels passed a massive, four-year, 50 billion euro (roughly $53.7 billion) package of aid to Ukraine. At the... Read more |