Putin’s Shadow Boxing with NATO: How Russia Created the Very Threats It Claims to Combat
In February 2022, as Russian forces massed on Ukraine’s borders, Vladimir Putin delivered a rambling televised…
Read More »The Missing Half: How Russian Choices Shaped the Path to War in Ukraine
The current war in Ukraine has generated intense debate about its origins, with many Western analysts…
Read More »Russian Geopolitical Challenges: The Economic Relationship with the Baltic States
The economic transformation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania over the past decade represents one of Europe’s…
Read More »From Regional War to Global Contest: A Perspective on the War in Ukraine from the Summer of 2025
What began in February 2022 as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally transformed into something far…
Read More »Brazil’s Drug Gangs: From São Paulo Streets to Global Cocaine Empire
Brazil has emerged as one of the world’s most critical cocaine transshipment hubs, fundamentally altering the…
Read More »Hypersonic Weapons in Limbo: A Winding Road from Bush to Biden
The path to operational hypersonic weapons in the United States has been neither swift nor straight.…
Read More »The Missing Half: How Russian Choices Shaped the Path to War in Ukraine
The current war in Ukraine has generated intense debate about its origins, with many Western analysts…
Read More »Evolving Geopolitics: The Perspective of Pasquale Preziosa
This collection of articles by Lieutenant General (Retired) Pasquale Preziosa presents a comprehensive analysis of the…
Read More »The MISR Approach to Enhancing the “Fight Tonight” Force
When I first visited the MISR program in 2020 at the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center…
Read More »The Geelong Treaty: The UK and Australia Move Forward with AUKUS
On July 26, 2025, Australia and the United Kingdom formalized their commitment to the AUKUS submarine…
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