Russia and the Baltics: Hard Choices – Finland and NATO Nicholas Buhne Nov 3, 2015 “Finland should think of the consequences, if it ponders joining NATO. It must ask, could joining start World War…
How Moscow Will Lose Ankara Kathryn Schmidt Oct 27, 2015 On September 30, President Vladimir Putin stunned the international community with the deployment of Russian…
Russia and the Baltics: A Series on Russia’s Hard and Soft Pressures and Responses… Nicholas Buhne Oct 11, 2015 This will be the first article of a series analyzing Russia's uses of hard and soft pressures to expand its sphere…
Understanding Russia’s Geopolitical Motivations Leo Forder Mar 12, 2015 What has happened to Russian foreign policy? As this question resonates throughout the West, the Kremlin has been…
Sweden-Russia Conflict Escalates Baltic Tension Conor Swimm Nov 4, 2014 Since the Russo-Georgian war broke out in 2008, the Baltic states, still haunted by decades of Soviet domination,…
New Horizons for Diplomacy between Iran and the U.S. Conor Swimm Oct 9, 2014 Amidst the recent clashes between ISIL, NATO and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, along with widespread global unease…
The “Other War” Alex Langer Oct 6, 2013 In his weekly, televised address from the Oval Office on September 7th, President Obama was quick to reassure the…