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November 25, 2025 | John Hardie, Max Meizlish

To Build Leverage for Peace, Enforce Oil Sanctions on Russia

American and Ukrainian officials spent the weekend in Geneva revising a peace plan that initially tilted heavily in Russia’s favor. The real challenge now is getting the Kremlin to accept terms that...

November 19, 2025 | Keti Korkiya |

Russia Escalates Early Election Interference in Armenia as Yerevan Deepens Its Pivot Toward the West

Russia has launched an unusually early disinformation campaign targeting Armenia’s June 2026 parliamentary elections, according to a report published last week by the disinformation watchdog NewsGuard. Since April, Kremlin-linked networks have pushed false narratives across multiple platforms, aiming to erode trust in Armenia’s democratic institutions, discredit Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s pro-Western government, and create instability that could help pro-Russia actors regain influence. The campaign comes as Armenia has sought to distance itself from Russia while aligning more closely with Europe and the United States, diminishing Moscow’s influence in a region it has long dominated.

November 17, 2025 | |

Polish Authorities Investigating Sabotage of Critical Railway Used To Transport Aid to Ukraine

2 Incidents on Same Route: Polish authorities are investigating damage resulting from two incidents of sabotage along a railway critical to transporting people and supplies to Ukraine....

November 14, 2025 | |

Massive Russian Missile and Drone Attack Kills 6 Overnight in Kyiv

Russia Unleashes Major Attack: Russia launched at least 430 drones and 19 missiles into Ukraine overnight on November 14, killing six people and injuring another 35, according to...

November 9, 2025 | |

Ukrainian Power Outages Follow ‘Massive’ Russian Attack on Electric Grid

Ukrainian Power Outages Follow ‘Massive’ Russian Attack on Electric Grid Latest Developments ‘Zero’ Generating Capacity: Russia launched what was described as the “most massive strike”...

October 24, 2025 | Max Meizlish |

The Effectiveness of Trump’s New Russia Oil Sanctions Depends on Stringent Enforcement

The Trump administration imposed sweeping new measures targeting Russia’s two biggest oil companies on October 22. The sanctions apply to Rosneft and Lukoil, along with 34 of their subsidiaries, and...

October 23, 2025 | Ivana Stradner, Emily Hester

The UN Cybercrime Treaty: A Trojan Horse for Suppressing Dissent

October 22, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Letter to the POTUS

Careful, Sir, Putin wants to out-negotiate you like Stalin out-negotiated Roosevelt  

October 21, 2025 | Peter Doran, Dmitriy Shapiro

Saving lives in Ukraine will require Trump to play the strong cards at his disposal

President Donald Trump’s mission to stop the killing in Ukraine has hit a wall. His strategy to let both Moscow and Kyiv “claim victory” and halt the fighting is missing the agreement of one man: Vladimir...

October 20, 2025 | Keti Korkiya |

A Viral Forbidden Sing-Along Exposes Russia’s Youth Dissent

A banned anthem broke out in central St. Petersburg on October 13, testing the Kremlin’s grip on Russia’s youth. Video shows hundreds of young people singing banned anti-war and anti-regime songs in...

October 17, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

To Distract From Its Own Violations, Russia Accuses Ukraine Anew of Manufacturing Chemical Weapons

Russia has made fresh claims that Ukraine is manufacturing chemical weapons, even though every past claim has turned out to be groundless. Moscow leveled the new accusation at a meeting of the Organization...

October 15, 2025 | |

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Meets With Putin in Moscow

Sharaa in Russia: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on October 15, aiming to “restore and define the nature of this relationship”...

October 14, 2025 | |

Trump and Zelenskyy Expected To Discuss Air Defense and Long-Range Missiles at Upcoming White House Meeting

Zelenskyy Returning to White House: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the United States on October 17 for his third meeting with President Donald Trump at the White...

October 6, 2025 | |

‘Zero Real Reaction’: Zelenskyy Frustrated Over Western Response to Russian Attacks on Ukraine

Russia Targeting Civilian Infrastructure: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed frustration with the lack of world reaction to Russia’s latest bombardment over the...

October 3, 2025 | Ivana Stradner |

Putin’s psychological warfare against the West has reached another terrifying level

London and Washington should call the Russian president’s bluff and increase pressure on the Kremlin

September 25, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Max Lesser

5 Recent Instances of Foreign Malign Influence Threatening U.S. National Security

America is letting its adversaries win the information war. The latest blow to U.S. efforts to fight this war came in August, when the U.S. intelligence community learned of the reduction in size and reorganization...

September 25, 2025 | |

‘He’s Not Messing Around’: Trump Signals NATO Could Shoot Down Russian Aircraft as Aerial Incursions Continue

‘Yes, I Do’: President Donald Trump answered in the affirmative when asked whether he supports NATO shooting down Russian aircraft that fly into the airspace of the alliance’s...

September 19, 2025 | |

‘Unprecedented and Brazen’: Russian Fighter Jets Cross Into NATO Member Estonia’s Airspace

Russian ‘Intrusion’ Into Estonian Airspace: Three Russian MIG-31 fighter jets violated Estonian airspace on September 19 for approximately 12 minutes, the fourth incident of...

September 18, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

After the Strikes

Preventing an Iranian nuclear resurgence

September 16, 2025 | Peter Doran, Ivana Stradner

America’s enemies want us at each other’s throats over Charlie Kirk — don’t take the bait

As Americans grappled with grief over the assassination of Charlie Kirk, malign foreign governments maneuvered to exploit the shock.