Geopolitics and Security

Russia – in the long run – is in decline and should rethink its policies towards the Former Soviet Union.

BY ERIK KHZMALYAN & ARMEN V. SAHAKYAN For the first time in its history, the United States is facing a situation where it has to deal with three simultaneously rising… read more →

BY DANIEL ROSSELL-EVANS Shanghai Cooperation Organization Introduction The end of this year’s G7 Summit in Canada provoked images of an alliance divided, with key partners airing their grievances in public.… read more →

BY STEVEN M. LUBER Introduction “It is a profound honor to stand in this city, by this monument to the Warsaw Uprising, and to address the Polish nation that so… read more →

BY SEAN CROWLEY Following the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the United States moved to fill the security vacuum left in the post-communist… read more →

 BY ALEXANDER GALITSKY This is the first in a two-part series examining European perceptions of two resurgent Eurasian states – Russia and Turkey – in the context of their efforts… read more →

 BY ALEXANDER GALITSKY If the imposition of a punitive sanctions regime on Iran was designed as a means of compelling behavioral change, it represents a severe misunderstanding of a political… read more →

BY STEVEN LUBER The political divisions within the Euro-Atlantic space are no longer only apparent to careful observers. What was once only of interest to policy experts and security specialists… read more →

BY CATHERINE MARKARYAN The contemporary world order finds its roots in the post-World War II environment when the victorious powers designed the international institutions and norms that went on to… read more →

BY STEWART KATO The Syrian conflict continues to affect the international community as regional and global powers struggle to stabilize the country. Entering its seventh year with 465,000 Syrians killed… read more →