While Vietnam aligns itself with the U.S. in opposition to China, it has continued its historically deep relations with Russia, even as Russia and China align themselves against American interests.Read more...

While Vietnam aligns itself with the U.S. in opposition to China, it has continued its historically deep relations with Russia, even as Russia and China align themselves against American interests.Read more...
The assumed demise of Yevgeny Prigozhin is an opportunity for the Biden Administration to evaluate the role of the mercenary group within Russia's gray zone strategy—and hold them accountable for war crimes.Read more...
Several factors are adding to the trouble Ukraine is facing. Part of this is a numbers game. Minefields are perhaps the most daunting obstacle to overcome and Ukraine has a distinct lack of mine clearing equipment.Read more...
The upcoming BRICS Summit will determine more than just South Africa’s dedication to BRICS, but it will pave the future for the advancement of Sino-Russian influence in the international order.Read more...
Ukraine offers an opportune setting, without risking Americans' lives and limbs, to signal to China and Taiwan its commitment to defending its allies.Read more...
Drones are an instrumental aspect of the Ukraine-Russia war enabling significant damage, thereby requiring robust air defense responses. The future of warfare is at an inflection point, in which technological advancement must be balanced with ethics. Read more...
Many Western states subscribe to classic black-and-white soft and hard power interpretations. Russia, however, is employing a strategy of “hybrid” power that blends these two forms. Russia’s strategy enables a target state to employ the coercive effects of hard power that it receives in the form of military aid and economic resources from Russia, and as a result, this creates a soft power attraction for Russian influence and resources that draws in other states.Read more...
In the short term, Russo-African alignment gives Russia access to critical resources and a means to evade sanctions while propping up corrupt, violent, and undemocratic regimes sympathetic or beholden to Russia’s geopolitical aims. In the long term, continued Russian political influence and economic meddling will envelop the Sahel and other African states into a loose bloc-like structure, opposing the West—in concert with the BRICS economies.Read more...
In conjunction with the invasion of Ukraine, Putin has intensified his war on information to justify domestic authoritarian actions that would otherwise bring about civil unrest. Putin sees the world's increasing interconnectedness as a threat to Russia. His restrictive information laws and detainment of Western nationals are part of a campaign to secure Russian society against "the outside." These authoritarian controls will continue as long as Putin and his entourage remain in power.Read more...
For years, European leaders have pushed for a European Union bloc strategy regarding defense and global power projection. However, the fragmentation caused by member states' national defense strategies and agendas complicates EU efforts to unite under one defensive banner. The EU must better unite as a defensive bloc to ensure a Ukrainian victory, the security of the EU, and its member states' sovereignty and ideals.Read more...