Could an Istanbul Deal Have Brought Peace?

Strategic Thinking Strategy & Defence

The experience of the post-Soviet republics with security-related agreements with Moscow is such that the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian talks had little...

Cybersecurity and the Defense Industry Should Become Priorities After NATO’s 2024 Summit

Complex Challenges & Resilience Geopolitics Global Agenda Military Affairs Non-Military Security Strategic Thinking Strategy & Defence

NATO’s 2024 summit is over; as always, it has brought forward multiple topics. Especially given the current turbulent geopolitical and...

War in Ukraine: how Ukraine could keep the momentum and not be halted by winter

Military Affairs Strategic Thinking

As Ukraine braces itself for another winter amidst a conflict that has lasted nearly two years, the war’s tactics must...

Andreas Umland: Four Challenges Facing a Ukrainian-Russian Truce. Part II: Domestic Hindrances for a Russian-Ukrainian Truce

Strategic Thinking

Picture credit: designed by artist Boris Groh/Ukraine Postal Service Summary There is intense public debate over when and how to...

Moscow’s Red Lines, Nuclear Threat, and Restraint

Geopolitics Strategic Thinking

Red lines and nukes Whenever the Ukrainian armed forces achieved something vis-à-vis their Russian foe, and occasionally even without immediate...

The new US National security strategy shows that America will focus on competing with China and containing Russia

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On October 12, the White House published the National Security Strategy (NSS) of the USA for the upcoming years. The...

Transatlantic peace comes from within

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Russia’s blatant and excessive use of force to achieve its foreign policy goals marked the crossing of the Rubicon. Russia’s...

Nord Stream pipelines could be damaged as a consequence of a sabotage

Geopolitics Global Agenda Military Affairs Non-Military Security Strategic Thinking Technology and Innovations

Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were damaged by three explosions on Monday, September 26. Nord Stream...

Analysis of the offensive near Kharkiv. What factors were behind Ukrainian success?

Military Affairs Strategic Thinking

Ukrainian forces gained the initiative and successfully carried out a counter-offensive in eastern Kharkiv. Its implementation is important in terms...

Russian military exercise Vostok 2022 is taking place. China and India are also participating

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On Thursday, September 1, military exercise Vostok 2022 started in the eastern part of Russia. Approximately 50 thousand soldiers and...

The Case Against the Concept of Great Power Competition

Global Agenda Strategic Thinking

Great power competition is a trendy concept that frames the current perception of international affairs held by many. As such,...

Transnistria may become a new front in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine

Geopolitics Military Affairs Strategic Thinking

In recent weeks, there have been discussions about the possible involvement of the separatist republic of Transnistria (located between Ukraine...