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Russian Civil Society in Exile 

By Sam Greene and Evgeny Roshchin

Despite severe repression, Russian civil society groups remain a critical bastion for democracy.

June 25, 2026
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NATO
Photo: Finland's President Alexander Stubb reacts at the end of a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not pictured) in Brussels, Belgium November 17, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Yves Herman
Merkel, Ukraine, and the Long Tail of Finlandization
Regional Security
Photo: A soldier of the rocket artillery battery of the 31st separate Mechanized Brigade carries out a combat mission with a Grad MLR in the Velykomykhailivka direction, Odesa region, Ukraine, on June 6, 2025 Credit: Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform
Ukraine: Founding Member No. 1 of Europe’s New Defense Alliance
Artificial Intelligence
Photo: British Army soldiers from 3 Rifles watch a single-rotor helicopter style Ghost drone, which operates via global mobile networks and can be remotely piloted from anywhere in the world with extreme portability and uses AI software to help soldiers let the drone autonomously identify, classify, and track objects of interest in a battle. The all-weather resilient Ghost drone is being used to keep eyes on the battlefield at an undisclosed training ground less than 50 kilometres from the Russian border in Finland where NATO troops are taking part in Ex NORTHERN STAR, led by the Finnish military, where coalition soldiers from work alongside their NATO allies and train in combat to deter aggressive neighbouring states. The large scale ground exercise, comprising of around 4,000 coalition troops include the use of these new technologies, including both the Ghost reconnaissance and Bolt attack drones alongside newly adopted Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK), which is a phone-sized electronic screen displaying GPS and geospatial mapping with real-time locations of troops, allowing commanders to see the entire battle picture instantly, locating friendly forces and striking enemy targets. Picture date: Monday May 25, 2026. Credit: PA via Reuters
AI Vetting — Asking the Right Questions
Defense Innovation
Photo: A Dragonfly loitering munition FPV drone is on display during an open test of unmanned weapon systems event conducted by Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa) at the Military Institute of Armament Technology training ground in Zielonka, near Warsaw, on February 19, 2026. Credit: Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto
Why Defense Startups Choose Europe Over America
Tech Policy
Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service; Henna Virkkunen, Dan Jørgensen
Code War: Europe Launches “Tech Independence”

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