Freedom House Reports Alarming Authoritarian Pushback in Eurasia’s Nations in Transit
On June 23rd Freedom House—an independent democracy and human rights watchdog organization—released its annual Nations in Transit report. Nations...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Geopoliticus
A nation must think before it acts.
Romania and Moldova in Political Crises Yet Again
Continuous political stagnation is a part of everyday life in Europe’s east it seems. But sometimes that stagnation gives way...
The Other 1815
June 17, 2015 Waterloo was but an episode in a maelstrom of conflict across much of the world in...
Modi Flexes His Muscles: India’s Cross-Border Raid into Myanmar
June 16, 2015 Last Tuesday, India launched a punitive raid into Myanmar. Seventy commandos from the Indian 21 Para...
Four Key Drivers For Eroding ISIS
June 15, 2015 Scary ISIS headlines have saturated media outlets in recent months. They usually come in three varieties:...
There’s a War Being Waged, But Many Are Not Aware of It…
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 With each new headline, we learn of some new cyber-danger that imperils our privacy, our...
Georgia’s Former President Saakashvili appointed the New Governor of Odessa: Implications for Georgia and Ukraine
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has appointed Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili the new governor of Ukraine’s key Odessa...
Strategic Intentions: China’s Military Strategy White Paper
On Tuesday, China published its latest defense white paper. Unlike its’ eight predecessors, this document was the first time that...
Are We Our Own Worst Enemy? The Problems in Countering Jihadi Narratives and How to Fix Them
Two weeks back, the Washington Post published the most insightful article to date on the challenges the U.S. government...
A weekend in the life of Ramzan Kadyrov on Instagram: his wisdom on marriage, anti-terrorism, and the conspiracy surrounding Tsarnaev’s sentencing.
About a year ago my colleague Alex Fisher and I wrote about Russia’s homegrown terrorism problem. In our article...