Arctic

Russia’s Gray Zone War Against NATO

It’s a battlefield so cold that even Marvel’s Captain America might find himself looking around for a space heater, but that doesn’t mean the fight isn’t warming up. The Kremlin has been waging...

U.S. Intelligence Community Omits Key Russian Threat in Annual Assessment

Moscow’s favorite color in the Arctic is gray. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Annual Threat Assessment correctly identifies Russia as the dominant Arctic threat and...

Iran War Provides Opportunity for Russia To Test U.S. Alaska Defenses

As the U.S.-led war against Iran’s clerical regime continues apace, Russia is testing American capabilities in another corner of the globe. Two Russian maritime patrol aircraft flew through the Alaskan...

Russia’s Alleged Use of Chemical Weapon To Murder Alexei Navalny Shows Cost of Impunity

Five European countries have accused Russia of using a lethal chemical weapon to murder the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The joint statement issued on February 14 by the UK, France, Sweden,...

The battered Western alliance    

Repairing it is essential if we’re to win the current cold war

Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...

The new Greenland deal

With America leading and NATO following, the Arctic can be defended

Russian PM’s Visit to China Highlights Need for Firm U.S. Sanctions Enforcement

Beijing and Moscow have made a “strategic choice” to advance their partnership despite the “turbulent external environment,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared as he hosted Russian Prime Minister...

China and Russia Sign Agreement to Build New Energy Pipeline

New Gas Pipeline Through Siberia: Alexey Miller, head of Russia’s state-owned energy corporation Gazprom, announced that Moscow and Beijing had reached a “legally binding”...

Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO

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Russia is using Trump’s Greenland rhetoric to boost its Crimea claims

Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted that President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish territory of Greenland is “not a joke.” At least one person,...

Russian and Chinese Strategic Bombers Patrol near Alaska

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers conducted a combined patrol near Alaska on Wednesday in the latest sign of military cooperation between the two U.S. adversaries. The incident underscores the determination...

U.S. Sanctions Impede Russia’s Arctic LNG Ambitions

U.S. Sanctions Impede Russia’s Arctic LNG Ambitions By Max Meizlish In a setback to Russia’s Arctic ambitions, the Chinese vessel Wei Xiao Tian Shi reversed course on Monday, opting not to deliver...

A C2 Structure for a Strong U.S.-Japan Alliance

This commentary is part of the Exploring New Horizons: Japan’s Defense Priorities project, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and American scholars examining the implications...

Ruble Rumble

Offensive and Defensive Measures to Defeat Russia in the Economic Domain

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late July

Beijing Eyes New Military Bases Across the Indo-Pacific

Tanzania, Cambodia, and the UAE are on China’s wish list—and now Kiribati, within striking distance of Hawaii.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late June

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late May

Why the Russia-China Alignment Is So Worrisome

A new report also looks at demographics and points to concerning trends in jihadist hotbeds.