How Will China Respond to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis?
Introduction How will China respond to a potential Russian military escalation against Ukraine? Relations between Russia and China...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
How Will China Respond to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Turkey’s Response to the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Introduction On October 26, 2021, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense released video of a TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle...
A ‘Bright Path’ Forward or a Grim Dead End? The Political Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in Kazakhstan
Executive Summary This report assesses the political impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Kazakhstan. Specifically,...
Strategic Connectivity in the Black Sea: A Focus on Georgia
Executive Summary This report argues that the government of Georgia needs to reshuffle its priorities in advancing its...
Even Thieves Need a Safe: Why the Putin Regime Causes, Deplores, and Yet Relies on Capital Flight for its Survival
Executive Summary Early in the millennium, Vladimir Putin resurrected the Russian economy and reasserted state power, but the methods...
Zapad 2021 and Russia’s Potential for Warfighting
According to press information, on 10 September 2021, the Russian Armed Forces plan to start the one-week-long active...
Engaging Russia over Syria: Managing Peripheral Conflict and Narrowing Interests
Executive Summary The United States is examining how to narrow core objectives in the Middle East to focus...
Where are the Carriers? U.S. National Strategy and the Choices Ahead
Executive Summary As the United States seeks to prepare for a potential conflict with a peer-level adversary, the...
Russia’s Coercive Diplomacy: Why Did the Kremlin Mass Its Forces Near Ukraine This Spring?
Introduction During March and April 2021, the Russian military conducted a large-scale buildup in its regions bordering Ukraine,...
Reconceptualizing Lithuania’s Importance for U.S. Foreign Policy
This report is part of FPRI’s collaboration with Eastern Europe Studies Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania and can also...