Last Wednesday, the Parliament of Georgia heard a draft of a new 'foreign agent' bill and was met with significant protest as upwards of 10,000 people stood in front of their Capitol building to rally against its passage.Read more...
Last Wednesday, the Parliament of Georgia heard a draft of a new 'foreign agent' bill and was met with significant protest as upwards of 10,000 people stood in front of their Capitol building to rally against its passage.Read more...
This month Putin engaged the Russian people in an "election" meant to distract from Ukraine and portray his universal support, whether it existed or not. Although the official results gave Putin a 87% win over his chosen opponents, many observers question the outcome as they witnessed election fraud and new tactics of election engineering. Read more...
The overall impact of fraudulent activity remains difficult to quantify, but a growing body of research is finding that Russia is undermining American oil sanctions through nuanced networks of subsidiaries, unregulated fleets, and falsified contracts.Read more...
India has remained strategically neutral on key geopolitical divides in the 21st century, prioritizing economic growth over great power alignment. Shifting global dynamics, including tighter sanctions on Russia and resurfacing conflicts in the Middle East, present a new opportunity for the United States to strengthen its strategic partnership with the world’s most populous democracy. Read more...
A timeline from the end of the Cold War to today shows how quickly Russia’s fledgling democratic experiment was ended and Russian autocracy returned.Read more...
In the ongoing war in Ukraine, foreign aid is becoming politically entangled in both EU and American politics. Funding for Ukraine from its two biggest donors, the U.S. and EU, has been trapped in political battles since October and December respectively.Read more...
Russian disinformation is a threat to U.S. national security. Public diplomacy must reemerge to help counter it. Read more...
While the U.S. and Russia are geopolitical rivals, for the good of the world they must find a way to coexist.Read more...
With nuclear power in the news, thoughts may move to how safe it really is. The good news it that there are many reasons to feel secure about its use, among them human health, that it grows safer all the time, and its role in fighting climate change.Read more...
The war in Ukraine has weakened Russia’s ability to stabilize ethnic and political tensions in its near abroad, mainly in the Caucuses and Central Asia, and its failure puts U.S. strategic interests in the region at risk. Read more...