Category: Europe & Central Asia
46 Articles
- Europe & Central Asia
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
No Pain, No Grain: Ukraine’s Export Crisis Isn’t Over Yet
The Ukrainian “grain crisis” is not over, despite tremendous successes in increasing Ukrainian seaborne exports since the Russian military invaded Ukraine in 2022. Ukrainian…
May 4, 2024
- Europe & Central Asia
- Race & Security
Why the Armenians of Artsakh Surrendered: Takeaways from Interviews with Refugees
As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on, another longstanding conflict simultaneously flared up unnoticed. After a 10-month siege that held the Armenians of Nagorno…
April 19, 2024
- Defense
- Europe & Central Asia
Giving Dracula Some Teeth: Modernizing Romania’s Military
Romania has been affected by the dramatically deteriorated security situation in Europe, precipitated primarily by the specter of Russian imperialism. The first Russian…
March 23, 2024
- Defense
- Europe & Central Asia
Breaking the Ice: The Prospect of a Joint Nordic Military
In March 2023, leaders of the Nordic air forces of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland signed a joint declaration to integrate their collective air forces in the…
January 18, 2024
- Europe & Central Asia
- Intelligence & National Security
Tip of the Spear: Analyzing Ukrainian Intelligence Operations Behind Russian Lines
Over the past two years, the gaze of the world has largely fixated on the stalemated nature of fighting on the ground in eastern and southern Ukraine. As successes and failures…
January 10, 2024
- Europe & Central Asia
La Bérézina: A Frenchman’s Review of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
I must confess that when Ridley Scott announced a new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte, I was overwhelmed with excitement. As a former student at King’s College London, I had…
January 2, 2024
- Europe & Central Asia
Taking Moscow Off the Air: Adapting to Russian Channels’ Ban in Lithuania
The use of information as a tool to influence foreign audiences is a tale as old as time. The creation and spread of technology may have amplified the process, but the …
November 30, 2023
- Europe & Central Asia
Geopolitics in the Babyhouse: How the Kremlin uses Adopted Orphans to Advance Its Foreign Policy Agenda
“I didn’t want to go, but no one asked me,” remarked a Ukrainian orphan deported to Russia after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. These tragic words represent…
October 26, 2023
- Europe & Central Asia
Mobilized, Forgotten, Ignored: Russia’s Control Mechanisms of its Minority Populations Amid the Russo-Ukrainian War
The recruitment ad for the Russian military, released in the spring of 2023, hammered home the sentiment that signing up for service was not only patriotic but manly. Considering…
October 25, 2023
- Defense
- Europe & Central Asia
The Long Shadow of Kinzhal: Why Russia’s Hypersonics Matter
On Thursday, March 9, Russian MiG-31 fighters employed 6 hypersonic Kh47M2 “Kinzhal” missiles in strikes on population centers and infrastructure …
April 7, 2023