Norway

November 4, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Bradley Bowman

Send Ukraine C-RAMs and VAMPIREs to help defeat Iranian drones

A group of Iranian-provided Shahed-136 drones struck Kyiv on October 17, reportedly killing at least four people, including a woman who was in a residential building and six months pregnant. About a week...

September 15, 2022 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

The Weaponization of Capital

Strategic Implications of China’s Private Equity/Venture Capital Playbook

August 15, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

A victorious Taliban is inspiring a new generation of Islamic extremists

On May 15, 1989, the Soviet army withdrew from Afghanistan. The Soviets, who had been slugging it out for 10 years with Islamist fighters, finally threw in the towel. The withdrawal was immediately hailed...

August 4, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur, Samuel Hodgson

Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency

Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.

July 13, 2022 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Europe’s Tiny Steps Won’t Solve Its Energy Emergency

The bad policies that created the crisis are still in place.

April 4, 2022 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Jack Sullivan

Priority #1 for NATO: Upgrading Air and Missile Defense in Eastern Europe

Russia’s launch of around 30 cruise missiles at a target in western Ukraine located just 12 miles from the Polish border came just one day after Moscow warned that convoys carrying Western arms...

March 24, 2022 | Aykan Erdemir, Ryan Brobst

Engines of Influence

Turkey’s Defense Industry Under Erdogan

March 15, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur, Samuel Hodgson

Crypto-Fascists

Cryptocurrency Usage by Domestic Extremists

February 17, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Richard Goldberg, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Taiwan 194

Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China

February 2, 2022 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

Germany helps Putin with its double standard on arms exports

Even as the U.S. intelligence community warns that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could come this month, the German government has rebuffed Ukrainian requests for defensive weapons. While Kyiv requested...

February 1, 2022 | David Adesnik, John Hardie

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: February

January 24, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero, Matthew Zweig

Biden’s North Korea Policy Needs Rebooting

A series of missile tests make it plain that carrots don’t work without sticks.

January 22, 2022 | David May |

Follow the Netherlands’s example: Don’t fund terrorist fronts

The bomb that ended Israeli teenager Rina Shnerb’s life in August 2019 also ended Dutch support for the nongovernmental organization that employed her killers. It just took about two years to happen. Last...

January 10, 2022 | David Adesnik, K.M. Schaefer

Syria Faces Omicron Amid a Shortage of Vaccines

As in other countries, statistics do not convey the extent of the suffering.

October 14, 2021 | Orde Kittrie, David May

Western Governmental Funds Divest From West Bank While Investing in China

In September, Norway’s Government Pension Fund became the third major Western governmental investment fund since March to divest from companies doing business in West Bank settlements. Participating in...

September 24, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Jack Sullivan

Afghanistan Shows Why the U.S. Still Needs NATO

Our allies responded after 9/11, and many stayed with us throughout our two-decade mission.

August 23, 2021 | Matt Pottinger |

Beijing’s American Hustle

How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power

June 14, 2021 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Samuel Hodgson

Skinheads, Saints, and (National) Socialists

An Overview of the Transnational White Supremacist Extremist Movement

June 8, 2021 | Orde Kittrie, David May

Norwegian divestment illustrates weakness of campaign to boycott Israel

It will be important to see if the blacklist’s impact is boosted by the new UNHRC commission of inquiry into Israeli activities in the disputed territories, which was approved on May 27.

May 18, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early May