Eurasia
Iran and Russia are Growing Military Ties in the Shadow of the Ukraine War
Relations between Iran and Russia continue to warm amidst an increasingly unstable geopolitical climate. The two allies signed a cooperative agreement this week, signaling Tehran and Moscow will lean on each other...
Central Asian Integration Is In America’s Interest
Central Asia is a strategically significant region abundant in resources and economic potential. It can and should emerge as a hub for positive and profitable U.S. engagement. Securing critical minerals,...
Toward a New Russia Policy: An Agenda for the Trump Administration
U.S.-Russian relations have reached a nadir not seen since the darkest days of the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes his country is engaged in a historic confrontation with...
Russia’s “Admiral Nakhimov” Battlecruiser Is Returning to the High Seas
Russian telegram channels monitoring interesting developments with the Russian Armed Forces are abuzzwith posts about the iconic, though shuttered, Kirov-class battlecruiser, the Admiral Nakhimov, undergoing its first sea trials since the leviathan was decommissioned...
Russia’s Lost Decade
The stunning collapse of Moscow’s client regime in Syria after a prolonged intervention in the country is a major blow to the Kremlin’s ability to influence global affairs. Yet even...
A Fresh Breath of Military Aid
The outgoing Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a new military aid package to Ukraine worth $500 million. The package is mainly comprised of air defense systems (AIM-7 Sparrow, RIM-7,...
Kursk and the Donbas: an Armored Ukranian Counter Attack
In its latest estimate of the conflict, the British Military Intelligence focused on the Ukrainian efforts to maintain the foothold inside Russia, stating that “on January 5, 2025, in Russia’s...
Russian Forces Continue the Slow, Bloody Push into Ukraine
One of the directions that the Russian military is focused on is the settlement of Toretsk in the Donbas. Although the Russian forces control a good portion of the settlement,...
The F-22 Raptor: Aged, but Not Past Her Prime
In a potential near-peer conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific, the F-22 Raptor would play a main role in winning control of the skies from the Chinese air force. Understanding...
The Jaw-Dropping Loss of Human Life in the Russia-Ukrainian War
The Russian forces have suffered over 800,000 losses in the war in Ukraine. Putin and his Kremlin advisers were expecting a quick “special military operation” in Ukraine that would last...
The Onslaught Continues: Current Status in the Donbas
Ukrainian Counterattacks The Ukrainian military launched a series of localized counterattacks in the Kursk Oblast in an attempt to throw off balance the Russian offensive efforts to eradicate the...
But at What Cost? Russian Natural Gas Cashflow Disrupted
No More Gas As of January 1, the Ukrainian government decided to cut the flow of Russian natural gas through its territory to the rest of Europe. Although it...