3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (239+ words) Andriy Zagorodnyuk International Centre for Defence and Security Andriy Zagorodnyuk is a Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center and a non-resident scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (11+ words) Europe's Energy Security Playbook International Centre for Defence and Security...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (194+ words) While Kremlin propagandists continue projecting confidence about the outcome of the war against Ukraine, this spring has brought a marked shift in mood among Russia's expert community. The scenario in which Russia achieves its objectives has ceased to be their…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (419+ words) The architecture of western-aligned security cooperation is undergoing its most consequential stress test since the end of the Cold War. The simultaneous erosion of traditional American strategic leadership, the sharpening of authoritarian revisionism by actors like Moscow and Beijing, and…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago  (398+ words) Very early in the conversation, it became evident that, on this occasion at least, the audience would be in for a good cop show. In stark contrast to the dressing-down delivered by Vice President J. D. Vance a year earlier, the audience…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (277+ words) Despite notable progress on military integration since 2022, the Nordic-Baltic Sea region must now plan for a worst-case scenario. This means joint defence planning, conventional and hybrid capabilities, and negotiating with Allies on a European supplement to the US nuclear umbrella....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (171+ words) Since 2022, Russia has forcibly deported or transferred some 20 000 Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories (TOT), with the real numbers feared to exceed the official count. Slightly over 2 100 of them have come home....

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (399+ words) The world order is undergoing an upheaval at least as radical as the end of the Cold War. Back then, Estonia made crucial choices regarding the restoration of independence and return to the western world, which served the country well…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (44+ words) Russia's war against Ukraine has profoundly worsened Europe's security environment, but it has also spurred deeper regional cooperation. The challenge now is to ensure that this growing number of initiatives remains purposeful, adds concrete value, and strengthens both the EU…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (519+ words) Guiding the growing use of generative AI by Russian actors is the notion of "information confrontation" (" "), a narrative that frames international politics as a realm of conflict, playing out in the information domain. [2] Russian officials and thinkers are reflecting on…...