How Trump Fused his Business Empire to the Presidency
By Anita Kumar Politico He has spent one out of every three days as president visiting one of his luxury resorts, hotels or golf courses. He has leveraged his powerful […]
Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin
Russia’s Intent
By Amit K. Chhabra & Brent Robinson The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs Russian foreign policy appears to be driven by offensive realism. Offensive realists believe that power maximization is […]
The Economics of Russian Aggression
By Shane Hasbrouck Small Wars Journal In the early 1800’s Carl von Clausewitz, the father of modern military theory, wrote, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” Simply […]
Arming Icebreakers
By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows. Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]
Germany Confronts Russian Hybrid Warfare
By Kaan Sahin Carnegie Europe Ever since the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Western capitals have been alarmed at Russia’s hybrid warfare campaigns. That these activities are […]
The Death of Turkish Democracy?
By Soner Cagaptay & Oya Rose Aktas Foreign Affairs Turkey was undeniably transformed by last July’s failed coup. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, having barely survived an attempt on this life, has become […]
NATO’s Essential Minnows and the Russian Threat
By Joseph Rollwagen & Justin McCauley The Bridge When living on a shoestring budget, it is important to make your limited resources go a long way. Beans are cheaper than meat; […]
Russia’s View of the Arctic
By Morgane Fert-Malka World Policy What does Russia want? This is, increasingly, the question on everyone’s lips, and a host of Western commentators and policymakers have started looking at the Arctic as […]
The Roots of Russia’s Political Appeal in Europe and the United States
By Ronald Brownstein The Atlantic Donald Trump is practically alone in mainstream American politics in his consistent praise of Vladimir Putin and insistence that the United States would benefit from […]
Fake News, Faith, and Reason
By Jerry Adler Yahoo! News A dozen or so years ago, I was working on a profile of Zig Ziglar, the famous motivational speaker who died in 2012, and I […]
