Authoritarianism is a persistent threat to democracy and the transatlantic alliance. The Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine is only its latest effort to expand its influence, while it continues to spread disinformation abroad and crush dissent at home. The Chinese Communist Party has continued to seek influence across the transatlantic space through disinformation and strategic economic investment as it starts to flex newly found military power.

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Speaking Truth Unto Russia — Inspiration From the Cold War
The need to reach ordinary Russians is as acute now as it was in the Cold War. We must generate new thinking and new methods to replicate past US success.
They May Wobble in the West, But Not in Ukraine
All the talk of fading US commitment to Ukraine’s war of national survival has no effect whatsoever among my embattled people. We fight on, regardless.
Russia’s Bonfire of the Nationalities Fuels Ukraine Conflagration
Why don’t Russians rise up against their rulers in the Kremlin, given the brutal losses of war? There are clues in analysis of the military casualty numbers, and in the budget.

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Speculation about Putin’s fate highlights his weakness.
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December 22, 2022
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Russian Cyberwarfare: Unpacking the Kremlin’s Capabilities
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Speaking Truth Unto Russia — Inspiration From the Cold War
September 22, 2023

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September 22, 2023

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September 22, 2023

Russia Lauds North Korea’s ‘Square-Headed Dude’ and His Pauper Legions
September 22, 2023

Putin’s Next Run for President Will Be Different
September 21, 2023

There Can Be No Peace With Russia
September 21, 2023

Behind the Lines: Teaching Crimeans to Speak Ukrainian Again
September 21, 2023

Signs of Hope in Kazakhstan’s New Economic Program
September 19, 2023

Russia’s Elections Become Ever-More Futile
September 18, 2023

Russia — Darkness Before a Brighter Dawn?
September 18, 2023

Spooked: Inside the Spy Wars
September 17, 2023

Ukraine’s Battle Against Domestic Violence
September 15, 2023

Sweden Awakes From Defense Slumber
September 14, 2023

The Black Sea Peace Dividend — Gas, Gas, Gas
September 13, 2023

The Kremlin’s Very Own Know-Nothings
September 13, 2023

Sands of Time Running Out for Russia’s Sudanese Gambit
September 12, 2023

Putin-Erdogan Prioritize Themselves
September 11, 2023

‘Woe to My Enemies’ Rages Russia’s Mouthpiece-in-Chief
September 9, 2023

The Democratization of Russia: A Fantasy?
September 9, 2023

Portugal Steps Off the Silk Road
September 8, 2023

A Corps of Battlefield Diplomats for the Next Hot War
September 8, 2023

Putin’s Brain Trust — Praise the Lord and Pass the Nukes
September 8, 2023

Someone Rotten in the State of Denmark
September 8, 2023

Behind the Lines: Voting at Gunpoint in Russia’s Sham Elections
September 7, 2023

Nerves Fray as South Caucasus Siege Worsens
September 6, 2023

A Kinder, Gentler Putin?
September 5, 2023

BRICS — The Coalition of the Globally Grumpy
September 4, 2023

Belarus Wages Low-Level War on its Neighbors
September 4, 2023

Papal Bull: Praising Russian Imperialism
September 4, 2023

Who Assassinated Prigozhin? Duh, the English
August 31, 2023

LGBT+ Ukrainians Pose a United Front Against Russia
August 30, 2023

Ripples From Putin’s Invasion Reach the Arctic
August 30, 2023

Ukraine’s Valley Forge Moment
August 30, 2023

Why Do Russians Scorn Ukrainian Independence?
August 29, 2023

The Danish Island Fighting Russia’s Abuse of History
August 29, 2023

To Viktor the Spoils?
August 29, 2023

Late Putinism: Mafia State
August 27, 2023

Russia’s Sinister Gas Doll
August 25, 2023

Prigozhin Dies, but Russia’s Dark Fixers Live On
August 25, 2023

West Appeases Serbia’s Bullying
August 24, 2023

Behind the Lines: The Sugar-Coated Myths of Mariupol
August 24, 2023

Russia’s Tech Giants — A Wartime Choice of Bad or Worse
August 23, 2023

Georgia Plays Footsie With the Authoritarian Bloc
August 23, 2023

Iran Seeks to Make a Friend of Old Enemy Azerbaijan
August 23, 2023

Russia and the Rocketmen
August 22, 2023

Camp David Pact is About Defense — And Tech
August 21, 2023

Niger Is Ours! Say Russia’s Imperialists (But it Isn’t)
August 21, 2023

Abandoning Hope on Russia Sanctions? Don’t
August 18, 2023

Russia’s Africa Policy — Starve the People and Swipe Their Wealth
August 18, 2023

Were the Jeddah Peace Talks a Real Step Toward Peace?
August 16, 2023

Russians Will Accept Nuclear Doomsday
August 16, 2023

Top European Energy Security Priorities for the Second Half of 2023
August 10, 2023

Gallium, Germanium, and China — The Minerals Inflaming the Global Chip War
August 8, 2023

Closer Italy-US Ties Rattle China
August 4, 2023

Wine and War in the Carpathians
August 4, 2023

Retribution From the Skies Above Moskva City
August 3, 2023

Ukraine — Après Guerre le Déluge
August 3, 2023

NATO’s Future Must Be Global
August 3, 2023

Moldova — Russia’s Proxies Down but Not Out
August 2, 2023

Part Two: Is AI a Threat or Opportunity For Democracies?
August 2, 2023

A Cloudy Dawn for Ukraine’s New NATO Era
August 2, 2023

Mission Impossible
August 2, 2023

Putin’s Credibility Rests on Shaky Ground
August 2, 2023

Are Blockade Runners Challenging Russia’s Grain Gauntlet?
August 1, 2023

Part One: Watch Out Russia and China: AI is a Threat
August 1, 2023

Be Very Afraid of a Defeated Ukraine
July 31, 2023

Ukraine Makes Hard-Fought Progress in the South
July 31, 2023

Heart of Darkness: Russia’s African Empire
July 30, 2023

Death Doth Not a Journalist Make
July 27, 2023

Russian-Backed Sedition in Bosnia and Herzegovina
July 27, 2023

Behind the Lines: Russia’s Ethnic Cleansing
July 27, 2023

Germany’s Chinese Tech Love Affair Fades
July 26, 2023

Traitors Can Be Useful, Putin Decides
July 25, 2023

Who is to Judge Mr. Putin?
July 25, 2023

The Summit of All Our Fears
July 24, 2023

Russia Asks Africa to Feast Amid Famine
July 24, 2023

Murder Mystery on the Dniester
July 24, 2023

Germany and the Wisdom of Kissinger
July 24, 2023

A Laser Focus on Victory
July 21, 2023

Don’t You Love Me? Cracks in the Iran-Russia Romance
July 21, 2023

Uzbekistan’s Leader — Time for Hard Choices
July 21, 2023

Halal or Haram? The Divide Between Russia’s Muslims Over Ukraine
July 20, 2023

Russia Chooses to Starve the World’s Poor (Again)
July 20, 2023

Export Controls — The Keys to Forging a Transatlantic Tech Shield
July 20, 2023

Russia’s Weapon of Mass Starvation
July 19, 2023

Putin’s Popular Support: A Miasma of Jew Hate and Fatalism
July 18, 2023

Central Asian Whack-A-Mole: Western Tech Evades Sanctions, Feeds Russian War Machine
July 17, 2023

‘Price of Blood’ Soars as Russia’s Draftees Evade Service
July 17, 2023

Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom — the Spirit of 1776
July 17, 2023

Putin Points Nuclear Weapons at NATO: Time to Respond
July 17, 2023

Russia’s Army Is in Disarray But Will Keep Fighting
July 14, 2023

Marco Polo, Step Aside: Italy Cools on China
July 14, 2023

Crowdsourced Cyber Warfare: Russia and Ukraine Launch Fresh DDoS Offensives
July 13, 2023