Foreign Intelligence Service

August 12, 2026 | Daniel Vaynshteyn, Ivana Stradner

Vučić Welcomes Zelensky in Serbia: Turning Point or Tactical Gambit?

On Saturday, Volodymyr Zelensky made his first official visit to Serbia, a country long seen as one of Russia’s closest European partners. For some in the West, it was proof that Serbian President Aleksandar...

March 12, 2026 | Keti Korkiya, John Hardie

Russia Allegedly Meddles in Hungary’s Upcoming Elections

As Hungarian voters prepare for parliamentary elections in April, the contest is shaping up to be one of the toughest political challenges yet for Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whom President Donald Trump...

March 5, 2026 | Ivana Stradner, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Escalation Without Detonation: Russia’s Nuclear Threats

Fears of a renewed arms race are echoing around the world once again, ignited by last month’s expiration of New Start, the last treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenal deployment. This week,...

January 28, 2026 | John Hardie |

Russian military launches recruitment drive for drone units

The Russian military has launched a recruitment drive to fill its Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), placing greater-than-usual emphasis on candidate quality. This campaign reflects the key role drones have...

January 15, 2026 | Jason Jay Smart, Ivana Stradner

Russian Orthodox Propaganda Takes Aim at Patriarch Bartholomew, Calling Him ‘Antichrist in Cassock’

In its ongoing attacks on religious organizations with the potential to erode Moscow’s sway in its former sphere of influence, Russian intelligence is now stooping to demonological name-calling.

October 15, 2025 | Keti Korkiya, John Hardie

Ukraine Alleges China Provides Satellite Imagery To Support Russian Strikes

Ukraine accused China of taking its support for Russia’s illegal invasion to new heights — specifically, hundreds of miles above the Earth. On October 4, an official from Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence...

August 30, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Tehran threatens snapback retaliation, raises fears of war with Israel

The United Kingdom, Germany, and France, known as the E3, triggered the “snapback” process on August 28 by sending a letter to the UN Security Council. This move gives Tehran 30 days to...

June 3, 2025 | Ivana Stradner |

Russia Accuses Serbia of Betrayal

Despite the traditional rhetoric of Slavic brothers united in common cause, Serbia continues to look out for its own interest, knowing Moscow is willing to sacrifice the Serbs.

September 3, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Durov’s Arrest Is About Telegram as Russian Weapon, Not Free Speech

So-called free speech activists have jumped to defend Pavel Durov after his arrest, but they conveniently forget Russia’s weaponization of his Telegram platform.

May 24, 2024 | Ivana Stradner |

Putin has declared war on British democracy

The UK has been one of the key leaders in arming Ukraine in its fight against Russia, and Moscow is ready for payback.

February 29, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Putin proving his ambitions don’t stop at Ukraine

The day before Vladimir Putin’s long yearly address to parliament Thursday, politicians from Transnistria, a pro-Kremlin breakaway region of Moldova, asked the Russian president to “protect”...

November 17, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Russia’s Weaponization of Antisemitism

We must inoculate the world’s nations as to the Moscow-origins of the recent spike of antisemitism and make clear that only our enemies win through this dangerous unruliness.

July 16, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Will Kielm

The Wagner Rebellion: How the West Can Take Advantage of the Chaos Caused

“The West can impede the Kremlin’s initiative to centralize its armed forces into a more unified structure, prolonging the current decentralized state of the Russian Armed Forces."

October 28, 2022 | Ryan Tully, Logan Weber

Possible Futures for Russia’s CEEW Playbook

October 29, 2021 | Trevor Logan |

Russian Hackers Continue Targeting the Software Supply Chain

The Russian state-sponsored hacker group responsible for last year’s massive SolarWinds breach has continued targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in an effort to piggyback into other victim networks,...

June 28, 2021 | Chris Nolan, Annie Fixler

The Economic Costs of Cyber Risk

April 30, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late April

Late April Trends

October 19, 2020 | John Hardie |

New EU Sanctions on Russia a Good First Step, But Further Action Needed

The European Union unveiled targeted sanctions on Thursday in response to the August 20 use of a chemical weapon to poison leading Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. The sanctions represent a positive first...

August 12, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

How Effective is Russia’s Disinformation?

Let's look at the numbers.

January 16, 2013 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

The War Rages, The White House Ducks, Death Abounds

You know all this, of course, because you’ve been reading these blogs all along.  But as my mother used to tell me with her charming smile and melodious voice, repetition is the basis...