Adapting to the Russian Way of Warfare
An interview with retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis and former commander of the United States Army Europe (2014-2017)
By Small Wars Journal, August 2018
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Of Strategic Importance
Cooperation and confrontation on the Black Sea
By Natia Gvenetadze, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Georgia
Recent developments in the international system have increased the complexities of global security structures, not least of…
Laden with Risk
The complex and evolving NATO-Russia relationship
Since February 2014, Russia, a country with 1,900 usable nuclear weapons, has annexed Crimea, destabilized eastern Ukraine, aggressively penetrated NATO airspace in the Baltics, undertaken…
Tools for a New World
NATO and Nontraditional Security Challenges
By Michael Rühle
This observation by U.S. inventor Charles F. Kettering perfectly captures the logic of seeking to prepare for the future. Security policies are not exempt from this logic.…
Strong Headwinds
Uncertain Times Jeopardize Enlargement
By Pál Dunay
stablished 70 years ago with the signatures of 12 original members, NATO now has 29 members, meaning more than half are accession countries. Enlargement by accession occurred over…
The 2% Fixation
How a simple formula complicates defense spending
By Jack Treddenick
The amazing thing about NATO at 70 is that it is still here. Looking back, this surprising longevity has been largely due to its uncanny ability to adapt and evolve in…
Stronger Together
NATO evolves and adapts in a complex world
By U.S. Army General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commander, U.S. European Command, and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe
This year, the 70th anniverary of the founding of the North Atlantic…
Combating propaganda
A new era of information flow
“There has never been a time in our history when there was so great a need for our citizens to be informed and to understand what is happening in the world. The cause of freedom is being challenged throughout…
Truth is the Best Medicine
Countering Russian propaganda in Macedonia
By Aleksandar Nacev, Ph.D., executive director, Center for Security Research
Since 1989, one of the constant goals of Russian foreign policy has been to abolish — or at least weaken — the…
Testing NATO Vulnerabilities
Russian Soft Power in the Baltics
By Irine Burduli, Georgia Ministry of Defence
At a NATO Accession Ceremony in 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush underlined the importance of the day for the new members and for the Alliance. “Today…