Europe's Edge
What it means and why it matters
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December 11, 2017
Poland’s New Prime Minister
What it means and why it matters
December 7, 2017
Eastern Threats
Once role models for any country wishing to join the transatlantic community, Visegrad Group (V4) members Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic currently face heavy Russian influence operations, resulting in a struggle to find their place in Euro-Atlantic cooperation.
December 5, 2017
Statecraft Still Matters
Statecraft has an old-fashioned ring to it. But we need it more than ever. The idea is that the state is actively and skillfully involved in its own defense at home and abroad. In other words, it does not just react to threats, it forestalls them.
November 28, 2017
The infowar Skills Gap
The old stuff matters more and more, even as the pace of change accelerates. That is the paradox of modern security policy.
November 21, 2017
Deterrence Will Help Deal with a Blurry World
Remember the world of clear categories? The world was either capitalist or communist. Wars had clear beginnings and ends. Adversaries were known.
November 14, 2017
Learning From The Past
Re-examining the Soviet legacy in Europe
November 7, 2017
Piecing Together The Kremlin’s Puzzle
Here’s a puzzle. Russia bullies its neighbors, but not systematically enough to subdue them. It interferes in other countries’ politics, but the results are fragmentary and disappointing.
November 6, 2017
Russia’s Historical Distortions
In Russia, history is not an objective record of events but an instrument to strengthen the regime. A century ago, an armed group of Bolsheviks staged a coup d’état in Russia’s capital, Petrograd, and proceeded to seize all state institutions and eradicate political rivals. This power grab by a small communist faction was depicted in Soviet propaganda as the “Great October Proletarian Revolution.” In reality, the coup was not a revolution, the Russian proletariat did not lead it, and according to the widely used Gregorian calendar it did not even happen in October.
November 6, 2017
Moscow’s Balkan Front
The Kosova offensive