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NATO Needs a China Policy

Failing to act carries considerable security implications  By Lt. Col. Chad Cisewski, U.S. Air Force, Marshall Center senior fellow NATO today is properly focused on the threat to peace and stability posed by a revisionist and…

China’s Influence in Central Asia

Implications for the Euro-Atlantic World By Dr. Pál Dunay, Marshall Center professor The United States has set the themes for international security and also for much of the terminology used globally. It did so with its National…

An Economic Realignment

Belarus looks to China and the European Union By Nataliia Haluhan, chief specialist, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv, Ukraine|Photos by Reuters Because of its history, Belarus is often viewed as being fully under Russian…

Insights from Central Europe

Adjusting to a New International Dynamic By Małgorzata Jankowska, counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland  |  Photos by AFP/Getty Images We are in a new era of great power competition, with the United States, China and Russia…

China’s Economic Statecraft in Europe

Beijing invests in influence  By Frank Mouritz, Marshall Center research associate and Adéla Šelepová, Charles University graduate student China is an economic development success story. The annual growth of its gross domestic product…

Proxy Power

The challenge of Russia’s private military & security companies  By James K. Wither, Marshall Center professor  |  Photos by The Associated Press In the early post-Cold War period, there was hope that the great powers would…

The Fog of Modern Warfare

Russia’s disinformation campaign in Bulgaria By Vanya Denevska, parliamentary secretary, Bulgarian Ministry of Defence In early 2018, Russian hybrid actions were stepped up to hinder the European integration of Western Balkan countries…

Montenegro’s Media War

False narratives defined the battle over NATO membership By Marija Blagojevic, Advisor to the president of the Parliament of Montenegro On June 5, 2017, Montenegro became the 29th member of NATO. Its accession was preceded by a campaign…

Communicating in a Crisis

Lessons from the May Floods in Serbia By Želimir Kešetovic, University of Belgrade, faculty of security studies; Predrag Maric, Republic of Serbia, assistant minister of interior; and Vladimir Ninkovic, University of Belgrade, faculty of…

A Difficult Passage

North Macedonia’s turn to the West By Dr. Bekim Maksuti and Dr. Sebastian von Münchow In March 2019, U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, then NATO supreme allied commander Europe, reported that Russian disinformation campaigns and…