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…
Great Power Competition and Europe
State and network-centric perspectives
By Dr. Graeme P. Herd, Marshall Center professor
In the United States, there is cross-party bipartisan agreement that China is the U.S.’ most serious long-term threat because it has come to be…
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 Contest For Central Asia
AUTHOR: Alexander Cooley
PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press, USA
REVIEWED BY: Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor
In the 1800s, Russia and Great Britain played a geopolitical “great game” to control trade routes from…
‘War by other memes’
AUTHORs: P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking
PUBLISHED BY: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
REVIEWED BY: Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor
If war is, as Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz so memorably…
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…