Czech President Petr Pavel, in a statement to the press on May 15, 2025, complimented the leaders of the country’s main ...

Here on the Bear Market Brief, a lot of what we focus on is, simply put, risk: what might happen, and what might it mean?

This month, we’re zeroing in on a core tension in US strategy toward China: how to strike the right balance between ...

Burkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one ...

The western Balkans, including Bosnia and Kosovo, were the scene of some of the bloodiest warfare and atrocities in Europe ...

Less than six months into his current term in office, President Donald Trump has already imposed visa and travel restrictions ...

Two recent essays published by the Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) rekindle ...

Contrary to the popular assessments of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership, Chinese and Russian national interests primarily converge in the Asia Pacific ...

July 1, 2025, marks two years since the first conscripts began their 11-month service under Latvia’s renewed conscription system, known as the National ...

Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s involvement in Eastern Europe has garnered greater attention. Unlike the brutal territorial ...

West Point graduate who had a 20 year army career including assignments in special operations.  He then had a second career in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations and was a member of the Senior ...

Dr. Ivana Stradner serves as a research fellow with Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) Barish Center for Media Integrity. She studies Russia’s security strategies and military doctrines to ...