USS Rhode Island visits Faslane, Scotland

By U.S. Strategic Command staff FASLANE, Scotland – The arrival this year of the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) at Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde in Faslane, Scotland, underscores…

Russia’s 21st Century Imperialism

Understanding Russia’s regional reach in an era of great power competition By Dr. Graeme P. Herd, Marshall Center professor  |  Photos by The Associated Press Russia conceives of itself as a great power, with Moscow as the controlling…

Nagorno- Karabakh 2020 – 2021

Russian Red Lines and Risk Calculus? By Dr. Graeme P. Herd, Dr. Pál Dunay and Dr. Cüneyt Gürer, Marshall Center professors Photos By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Prologue: The past is never dead. It is not even past. On September 27,…

Fighting Russian Lies

By Dr. Nikola Brzica, Dr. Olivera Injac, Endrit Reka, Dr. Vasko Shutarov and Nikola Veličković, Marshall Center alumni scholars Since the end of the Cold War, the countries of Southeast Europe have pursued Euro-Atlantic integration with…

A New Cold War on the Horizon?

By Dr. Nika Chitadze, professor, International Black Sea University Amid ongoing tense relations between the United States and Russia, a telephone conversation took place on April 13, 2021, between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian…

America’s Geostrategic Advantage

By Lt. Col. Ryan B. Ley, U.S. Air Force, Marshall Center senior fellow Photos By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Over the past 500 years, 75% of the cases (12 out of 16) in which a rising power has confronted a ruling power have resulted in…

Russia’s Strategic Shift in Space Policy

By Dr. Paweł Bernat, security studies lecturer, Polish Military University of Aviation The date July 17, 1975, is significant in the history of space exploration: A United States Apollo module docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule, the…