While military training exercises are a common practice for most nations, their size, frequency, and proximity to adversarial borders has been noticeably increasing, and in turn, their capacity to heighten tensions and trigger conflict.Read more...

Years of tit-for-tat expulsions have shrunken the United States’ diplomatic footprint in Russia. Any hope of stabilizing U.S.-Russia relations necessitates reopening consulates, reinstating expelled diplomats, and reconsidering using diplomatic expulsions as a cost-imposition tool against Russian transgressions.Read more...

The Biden-Putin summit in Geneva was, as expected, uneventful. Nevertheless, the results managed to surpass low expectations. The meeting signaled that between the two countries, a working relationship is still possible and opportunities for cooperation, albeit limited, are still available. However, significant challenges remain.Read more...

Biden’s indication that he intends to deliver a message to Putin raises a number of questions about what that message will be, and whether Putin will actually change his behavior as a result.Read more...

The large number of arrests of activists and opposition leaders, along with heavy crackdowns on the press and media freedoms highlights the increasing authoritarianism in Russia.Read more...

The U.S. cannot afford to ignore Russia's presence in the LAC region and should engage the region to curb Russia's authoritarian influence. Read more...

The U.S. should work towards a bilateral free trade agreement, increasing democracy promotion, and stabilizing frozen conflicts, all of which are imperative to bolstering U.S-Georgia relations.Read more...

Without a coherent and comprehensive U.S. cyber strategy that supplements national policy and outlines the necessity of identifying cyber intrusions, Russia and other countries will continue to leverage cyber attacks against the U.S. Read more...

To combat foreign disinformation, the Biden Administration must take a stronger stance against Russian interference. Read more...

Sanctions are now seen as the most common response to any unfavorable actions by Russia, and Moscow clearly knows this, yet has done nothing to change its actions so far.  Read more...