Virtually all of the commentary on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has focused on those two states to the exclusion of ...

On August 23rd, 1989, an estimated two million citizens from the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania linked arms to form a human chain spanning the ...

Contemporary conflicts are increasingly orchestrated across multiple nations and domains, manifesting in many ways, from ...

Lithuania’s opposition Social Democratic Party (LSDP) emerged victorious in the parliamentary elections, defeating the center ...

Following underwhelming provincial and senatorial elections in the fall of 2024, the Czech Republic prepares to enter the critical year of 2025 with a divided electorate, an unpopular and shrinking ...

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In the late 1970s, the United States often seemed to be a superpower in decline. Battered by crises and setbacks around the globe, its post–World War II international leadership appeared to be ...

“Speak softly and carry a big stick” Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power. It was the right sentiment, perhaps, in an age of imperial rivalry ...

When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The USSR had superiority in conventional weapons and manpower in Europe, and had embarked on a ...

The American people chose former president Donald J. Trump once again. For the rest of the world, the most important question is what Trump’s foreign policy ...

LTC Kevin M. Ryan is a military intelligence officer currently serving as the US Army’s War College Fellow at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia.

Senior Advisor at the Pacific Forum and a Professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies. He specializes in US alliances and strategic competition, with a particular focus ...