Analysis March 31, 2026 How War in Iran is Impacting the Baltic States By: Indra Ekmanis Each month, Dr. Indra Ekmanis writes a monthly roundup highlighting major political, cultural, and economic events in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Her commentary on the Baltic response to war in Iran is featured below, originally published in the March... Read more	Analysis March 27, 2026 Medicine for Minerals: US Foreign Assistance in Africa By: Charles A. Ray In a March 16, 2026 article, The New York Times reported that it had obtained the draft of a memo indicating that the State Department is considering “withholding lifesaving assistance to people with HIV in Zambia as a negotiating... Read more	Podcasts March 26, 2026 The Motivation of Memory in Estonian Politics On June 14, 1941, the Soviet Union deported more than 10,000 people from Estonia to Siberia. Eight years later, Soviet authorities deported 20,000 more. These deportations have left a lasting legacy on Estonian society, though the majority of the... Read more
FPRI News March 25, 2026 FPRI Welcomes New Fellows Philadelphia, PA The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to welcome Hadas Aron, Suzanne Loftus, Yeh-chung Lu, Michael Petersen, Rebecca Pincus, Emma Salisbury, and Ayumi Teraoka as Fellows. Dr. Hadas Aron is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at FPRI. She... Read more	Analysis March 25, 2026 Why Africa Is Key to New Delhi’s Strategic Autonomy By: Raghvendra Kumar The ongoing military conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has once again exposed that war and conflict not only carry significant human costs but also reveal deep structural vulnerabilities in the global economic and energy systems. The... Read more	Analysis March 20, 2026 Would You Fight For Your Country? The Most and Least Willing Among NATO Allies By: Māris Andžāns This piece is part of The Ties That Bind, a project on NATO’s role in the global security landscape. If a war were to break out, would you be willing to fight for your country? This is a shortened... Read more
Analysis March 19, 2026 Canada and Africa: Bridging the Gap Between Potential and Policy By: Arthur Palix Does Canada neglect the African continent? This question was raised in a 2026 interview with Radio-Canada by Amina Gerba, a Quebec senator and business leader whose public work has long emphasized the strategic importance of Canada’s engagement with Africa.... Read more	Analysis March 18, 2026 China’s Political Warfare: Challenges to Taiwan and the United States in Latin America By: Henry Large Throughout Latin America, China is engaging in a unique form of political warfare—employing, per FPRI’s definition, “elements of national power including cyber, economic, financial, informational, paramilitary, and political statecraft tools short of declared war… to achieve political goals.” While... Read more	Analysis March 17, 2026 The Mine Gap: America Forgot How to Sweep the Sea By: Emma Salisbury This piece is part of Behind the Front, an FPRI project on the future of US and allied national defense. On the morning of April 14, 1988, the USS Samuel B. Roberts, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate cruising through... Read more