The Strategic Triangle Post-Ukraine
How will the Russia-China-India relationship change?
By Dr. Marcin Kaczmarski, University of Glasgow lecturer, and Dr. Vinay Kaura, Marshall Center adjunct professor
In spite of their close relationship, Russia and China…
Resilience After Russia’s Invasion
How International Donor Programs Responded
By Dr. Kseniya Sotnikova, political officer, EU Advisory Mission, Ukraine
Since 2014, Ukraine has witnessed a massive inflow of international aid, including from donor organizations…
Reshaping Russia After Ukraine
Putin’s War of Choice and What Comes Next
By Lt. Cmdr. Travis Bean, U.S. Navy
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower once quipped: “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” To this end, the United States and its allies…
Putin’s Abuse of Gorbachev’s Legacy in Strategic Conflict
By Dr. Graeme P. Herd, Marshall Center professor
Introduction: Ending the Cold War
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the last general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and the Union of Soviet Socialist…
Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East
How the war in Ukraine impacts Russian influence in the MENA region
By Dr. Tova Norlén, Marshall Center professor
Russia’s history in the Arab world goes back to the 1950s, when the Arab-Israel wars drove Arab states into the…
Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons Deterrence
And Russia’s War on Ukraine
By Dr. Pavel K. Baev, nonresident senior fellow, the Brookings Institution, and research professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo
Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons are a major enigma in the…
Accomplice or Victim?
Is Belarus a Russia-Occupied Territory or Russian Ally?
By Pavlo Troian, Marshall Center alumni scholar
What is the extent of Belarus’ participation in Russian aggression against Ukraine? It was from Belarus that Russian…
The Dragon and The Bear
The China-Russia Relationship is More Partnership of Convenience than Alliance
By Falk Tettweiler, Marshall Center researcher and analyst
The February 4, 2022, joint statement from China and Russia has widely been interpreted…
Arctic Dynamics in an Evolving World
By Cmdr. Rachael Gosnell, U.S. Navy, and Dr. Katrin Bastian, Marshall Center professor
The European High North is poised to become an increasingly strategic region that has the potential to alter future global geopolitical…
Strategic Competition, World Order and the Recurring Role of Proxies
By Dr. Graeme P. Herd, Marshall Center professor, and Matthew Funk, researcher for the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
After World War II, the previously predominant way of direct, interstate warfare came to an end,…