Belarus has shifted from a balancing state between East and West to a highly dependent ally of Russia under Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s authoritarian rule. Following the 2020–21 protests and subsequent repression, […]
Commentaries
Participants at last week’s NATO summit were presented with brand new revolvers, courtesy of Turkish President Erdogan, and a not so new question: How to safeguard European security with NATO […]
Commentaries
Mounting evidence suggests that the present US administration has decided to abandon the American Indo-Pacific Strategy of the last decade. Instead, Washington seeks to come to terms with China in […]
External publications
Traditionally, major nuclear powers have developed and deployed strategic nuclear forces across three legs. This configuration, known as a nuclear triad, includes land-, sea-, and air-based strategic nuclear forces designed to […]
From 13 to 15 May 2026, US President Donald Trump paid a state visit to China. It was his second state visit to the country after his 2017 trip, and […]
Russia’s veterans of the war in Ukraine are rapidly becoming a defining social and political force in the country, yet they remain among the most analytically misread phenomena in contemporary […]