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February 14, 2025 | |

Ukrainian President Zelensky Says He Won’t Meet With Putin Without U.S.-Backed Peace Plan

Zelensky Won’t Meet With Putin Absent Common Peace Plan: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on February 14 that he would not meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir...

February 14, 2025 | Ivana Stradner, Marina Chernin

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,...

February 7, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, John Hardie

Trump must keep arming Ukraine if he wants a good peace deal

Europe must do its fair share, but it cannot carry the burden alone.

January 31, 2025 | John Hardie |

North Korean troops pull back in Kursk as Pyongyang prepares fresh deployment, officials say

North Korean (DPRK) forces fighting in Russia’s Kursk region “have been pulled off the front lines after suffering heavy casualties,” though their absence may only be temporary, The New York...

January 31, 2025 | Max Lesser, Saman Nazari

Russian Malign Influence Campaigns Expand Onto Bluesky

The Russian influence operation known as Doppelganger has expanded onto the social media platform Bluesky to spread anti-Ukraine and antisemitic messages, according to a report released by Alliance4Europe...

January 22, 2025 | Max Lesser, Mason Krusch

Russia Exploits LA Fires to Sow Discord and Promote False Claims 

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, leveled the false claim that U.S. prison inmates were being used as forced labor to fight the Los Angeles wildfires. Her comments were part...

January 17, 2025 | Ivana Stradner |

Trump must not underestimate Putin’s ambitions to be a modern day Tsar

As Russia grinds forward on the battlefield, the West must not deceive itself into allowing the Kremlin to permanently subjugate Kyiv

January 7, 2025 | Peter Doran |

Vladimir Putin’s wobbly empire gives US a path to stifle Russia’s threats

This week marked 25 years of Vladimir Putin’s rule, a milestone the Russian dictator celebrated in a televised address. Boasting of past achievements, he assured Russians, “We can...

January 7, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Ivana Stradner

The State Department still needs to combat Chinese and Russian lies

Congress just killed the U.S. government office dedicated to fighting Iranian, Chinese, and Russian propaganda overseas. The specific act was the decision not to reauthorize the State Department’s Global...

December 20, 2024 | John Hardie |

Russia announces plans to form Unmanned Systems Forces

On Monday, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov unveiled plans to form a new military branch focused on unmanned systems. His announcement, which follows a similar Ukrainian move earlier...

December 19, 2024 | Peter Doran, Ivana Stradner

Trump must counter Vladimir Putin’s coming deception games — here’s how

Vladimir Putin’s regime is readying a new bag of diplomatic tricks for the second Trump administration, as the Kremlin angles to lure Trump’s incoming national-security team into helping...

December 4, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, John Hardie

Trump Should Make Putin Wince Before They Sit Down to Talk

A maximum pressure campaign would raise the likelihood of a fair and lasting peace in Ukraine.

November 28, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Why Isn’t Moscow Celebrating Trump’s Re-election?

Many expected the Kremlin to rejoice in Trump’s victory, but the reaction has been tepid at best. Perhaps the Russians recognize the irreconcilable differences in the US-Russian relationship.

November 26, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Team Trump mustn’t buy Putin’s nuke threats: We’re not on the verge of WW III

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is beating his chest again, hinting he may use nuclear weapons. Don’t buy the bluffs: We’re not on the verge of a nuclear World War III. Putin’s huffing...

November 19, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

OPCW Investigation Confirms Russia’s Likely Use of Chemical Weapons Against Ukraine

Russia’s consistent denials that its military forces have deployed illegal chemical weapons in Ukraine were dealt a serious blow on November 18, when the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical...

November 15, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Ivana Stradner

Russia continues to subvert democracy in Moldova and Georgia

Excerpt America isn’t the only country that just held a consequential election. In the former Soviet republics of Moldova and Georgia, citizens recently voted in contests where aspirations to join...

November 7, 2024 | |

Anti-West Axis Reacts to Trump Election Victory

Iranians Hopeful as Regime Scoffs: Iranian officials played down the election of Donald Trump, despite U.S. intelligence officials accusing Iran of trying to assassinate him...

October 30, 2024 | Peter Doran |

Putin’s cash crunch

It’s time for Europe and the US to tighten the financial screws on Russia and accelerate an end to the war.

October 30, 2024 | Boaz Golany, Jacob Nagel

North Korean Troops in Ukraine: Are We on the Path to World War III?

A new version of the defunct Warsaw Pact is emerging in front of our eyes. With Russia and China as its two major driving forces, joined by regional powers such as North Korea and Iran, that brings with it its proxy terror organizations.

October 24, 2024 | Peter Doran |

North Korea’s troops reveal Putin’s Ukraine pickle — no more cannon fodder

The war for Ukraine is widening. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Wednesday that North Korea is dispatching thousands of troops to Russia, marking a significant escalation in...