Black Sea

July 29, 2024 | |

Turkey’s President Threatens Military Action Against Israel

Latest Developments Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened military action against Israel on July 28, a day after 12 children in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams were killed by a rocket...

July 10, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Benjamin Jensen

The Neglected Domain

This series—featuring scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS—explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th anniversary.

July 10, 2024 | Max Lesser |

Navy should hit back harder against Houthi online disinformation

Last month, Capt. Christopher “Chowdah” Hill, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, invited journalists to inspect the flight deck of his carrier while it...

June 21, 2024 | John Hardie |

Ukraine’s new Unmanned Systems Forces takes shape

The Ukrainian military announced last week that it appointed Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi as the commander of its inchoate Unmanned Systems Forces (USF). Sukharevskyi shared some interesting details...

May 20, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Don’t Forget the Air Highways

While U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is focusing his remaining months in office on attaining  compensation fees for U.S. air travelers, a much bigger threat to air travel and transport...

March 26, 2024 | Alan Howard, Dr. Brenda Shaffer

Washington Denies a Bedrock of Warfighting

The Biden administration recently pressed Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries. Ukrainian strikes on refineries and tankers in the Black Sea have contributed to a rise in the global oil price,...

March 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

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.

October 26, 2023 | John Hardie |

Ukraine Shows HAWK Air Defense System in Action for First Time

The Ukrainian Air Force commander on Monday shared the first public video of the American-made HAWK air defense system in action in Ukraine. In the video, the system’s MIM-23 surface-to-air...

October 17, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Svante Cornell

A New Spring for Caspian Transit and Trade

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September 21, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Insecurity in the Black Sea Puts Upward Pressure on the Global Oil Market

The global oil price is edging toward $100 a barrel. If oil remains high, it will be difficult to bring inflation down. Most blame the Saudi Arabian and Russian oil cuts for the price increase and ignore...

August 21, 2023 | |

Iran’s Illicit Oil Exports Surge in August Amid U.S. Failure to Enforce Sanctions

Illicit Iranian oil exports surpassed 2.2 million barrels per day in August, Bloomberg reported on August 21. This volume exceeds the five-year high Iran reached in May as the United...

July 27, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey is becoming a major hub for cocaine trafficking to Europe

Ankara’s reputation for smuggling is not new, and its portfolio in facilitating the free flow of illicit goods is growing to include drugs. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Turkey...

July 21, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Black Sea Grain Deal Is Dead, Highlighting Turkey’s Strategic Relevance

Shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, Turkey along with the United Nations brokered a deal to allow the shipment of Ukrainian grain, so that it could be sold on world markets. This...

March 16, 2023 | John Hardie |

WAR IN UKRAINE UPDATE: Russians Down U.S. Drone, Iran Sends Putin Ammo

Two Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jets “conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of an American MQ-9 Reaper drone performing routine...

December 28, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Strategery 101

When an enemy attacks a friend, back the friend

December 6, 2022 | Sinan Ciddi |

Biden Must Act to Prevent a Turkish Attack on US Partners in Northern Syria

Following a barrage of air strikes against Kurdish targets in northern Syria, the Turkish government has vowed to follow up with a ground campaign against the Syrian-Kurdish People’s Protection Units...

October 20, 2022 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Opposition Is Paving Erdogan’s Path to Victory

Turkey’s political opposition has a public responsibility to challenge Erdogan and provide voters with an alternate vision, but it has refused to do so.

October 12, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Manny and Scholtzy palaver with Vova

What diplomacy with Putin would look like now

October 5, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The problem with despots

They’re not like us

August 31, 2022 | Ryan Brobst, John Hardie, Bradley Bowman

Why Washington should provide ATACMS weapons to Ukraine

The Ukrainian military announced the beginning of a much-anticipated counteroffensive on Monday, aiming to retake territory in the country’s south. Western weapons, which have helped Ukraine strike...