Russia Program
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Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is engaged in a strategic confrontation with the United States. In partnership with Beijing, Tehran, and other authoritarian regimes, Moscow seeks to replace the American-led, liberal international order with a new world order that is decidedly illiberal – one in which Russia has a “sphere of influence” over its neighbors, along with increasing influence in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
This confrontation, which Putin increasingly frames in existential terms, has reached new heights amid Russia’s war of imperialist aggression against Ukraine. Meanwhile, Moscow continues to employ political, economic, cyber, and cognitive warfare weapons against the United States and its allies.
FDD’s Russia Program conducts in-depth research, produces insightful and timely analyses, identifies illicit activities, and provides policy options to combat these threats. Chaired by Founder and President Clifford D. May, FDD’s Russia Program includes experts and analysts with diverse backgrounds and expertise on the full spectrum of the Russian threat. FDD’s Russia Program works in coordination with FDD’s three centers on American power to promote the use of all instruments of American power to strengthen U.S. national security and deter Russian aggression.
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Putin Wants War in the Balkans
Russia is exploiting ethnic tensions as Serbia threatens violence against Kosovo and secessionists threaten a Bosnian collapse.
The Wall Street Journal
The West should tear down Putin’s new digital Iron Curtain
The Kremlin is paranoid, passing some of the most repressive laws in its history. This gives us ample opportunity for subversion
The Telegraph
China, Russia, and Iran Hold Fifth Trilateral Naval Drill
Flash Brief
Russia, China, and Iran deepen ties with naval drill
Russia, Iran, and China have conducted at least four naval drills in the past. However, this year’s are larger, and they come amidst rising tensions in the Red Sea and off the coast of Yemen.
The Jerusalem Post
The state of the world
It’s more threatening to America than Biden understands