Grand strategy is total: French Gen. Andre Beaufre on war in the nuclear age
By Michael Shurkin Gen. André Beaufre (1902 – 1975), the father of contemporary French strategic thought and required reading at…
The war in Ukraine, explained in maps
Kyiv, ukraine’s capital, has so far held off Russian forces. But a vast column of armoured vehicles, stretched out over 40…
Russia vs NATO military strength comparison goes viral
By Anders Anglesey An online post that compared Russia and NATO’s military strength has gone viral amid continued anger between Kyiv and Moscow…
How might the War in Ukraine end? Five factors will shape the outcome
•Russian forces have performed poorly thus far, but Ukraine’s military is expected to eventually crack. What then? By Stephen Fidler Vladimir…
NATO must prepare to defend its weakest point—the Suwalki Corridor
•On the Polish-Lithuanian border, the West must respond to Russia’s actual capabilities rather than making assumptions about its intent. By John…
Signal and noise: What Russia’s nuclear threat means for Europe
•The Kremlin instrumentalises fear of nuclear war to make others bow to its ambitions. The West and Russia have often…
Invasions are not contagious
•Russia’s War in Ukraine Doesn’t Presage a Chinese Assault on Taiwan By Oriana Skylar Mastro As Russian President Vladimir Putin intensifies…
Axis of Abraham
•Arab-Israeli Normalization Could Remake the Middle East By Michael Singh On September 15, 2020, then U.S. President Donald Trump brought together…
Special Report: How FBI, US prosecutors got Nigerian convicted on frame-up charges (2)
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Click here to read the first part of this investigation The investigation revealed a very troubling pattern…
Problems of the current nuclear deterrence strategy
By Burkhard Luber The current nuclear deterrence strategy is based on the concept of “Security via Mutual Assured Destruction” (MAD).The…