Nonstate armed actors in 2022: Alive and powerful in the new geopolitics
Editor’s Note: This piece is part of a series titled “Nonstate armed actors and illicit economies in 2022″ from Brookings’s Initiative…
If Putin decides to invade Ukraine…who is next in Europe?
…few Russians will be expecting it •The propaganda machine has not yet been switched on •Even relatively friendly countries in…
Why Europe has no say in the Russia-Ukraine crisis
Ukraine, NATO and Russia
Turkey’s drone diplomacy: Lessons for Europe
Bayraktar TB2 drone Runway Image by Bayhaluk CC BY-SA
Nigeria’s transport minister just said the quiet part out loud: China’s no longer funding large-scale railways in Africa
File photo of Nigerian Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP
Why NATO has become a flash point with Russia in Ukraine
A NATO sign marks the seventieth anniversary of the Atlantic alliance in Kyiv, Ukraine. Pierre Crom/Getty Images
With low-tech, trench warfare, Ukraine’s Army isn’t NATO caliber
•The United States and its allies have trained and helped equip the Ukrainian army. But it has little resemblance to…
NATO responds to Russia’s demands with its own
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
Time for NATO to close its door
•The alliance is too big—and too provocative—for its own good By Michael Kimmage Vladimir Putin says it is or because Putin…