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How Finland's Conflicted History with Russia Influenced Decision to Join NATO
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Finnish public opinion started to shift after Russia in December 2021 issued a list of demands to Nato, which would have barred Finland from becoming a member of the alliance....
By Nicholas Lokker
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
NATO is Racing to Arm its Russian Borders. Can it Find the Weapons?With countries already worried about their own munitions stockpiles and Ukraine in acute need of more shells and weapons from allies, there is a risk that not all NATO allies ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Jim Townsend
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Why Won’t Vladimir Putin Cut His Losses in Ukraine?
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Even in the face of heavy, increasing losses, Russian President Vladimir Putin remains resolved to continue fighting but is “grasping for meaning in a meaningless invasion”, w...
By Michael Kofman
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Ukraine Short of Skilled Troops and Munitions as Losses, Pessimism Grow
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The stakes for Ukraine in the coming months are particularly high, as Western countries aiding Kyiv look to see whether Ukrainian forces can once again seize the initiative an...
By Michael Kofman
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Russia Has Been Sending Some US-provided Weapons Captured in Ukraine to Iran, Sources SayA key weapon in Iran's inventory, the Toophan anti-tank guided missile, was reverse engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile in the 1970s. The Iranians also intercepted...
By Jonathan Lord
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Season of Offensives: What to Expect from the Spring Campaign in Ukraine
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In conversations with the Kyiv Independent a few days before publication, renowned U.S. military experts Michael Kofman and Rob Lee shared their thoughts on the coming campaig...
By Michael Kofman
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Why Russia’s Manpower Advantage May Not Be Enough to Win the War in Ukraine
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The government’s reluctance to declare a new call-up is understandable; it’s likely that the last order in September resulted in more Russians fleeing the country — as many as...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden Challenged by Softening Public Support for Arming Ukraine
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Others like Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the uncertainty is all the more reason for the president to be aggressive an...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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An End to the War Doesn’t Mean the End of Putin
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Wars, won or lost, rarely unseat strongmen like Putin. A 2016 study by scholars Sarah Croco and Jessica Weeks found that since 1919, authoritarian leaders atop highly personal...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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In Ukraine War, Talking About Peace Is a Fight of Its Own
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At the same time, U.S. officials have advised President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine — with the views of nonaligned countries in mind — that it is in his interest not to appe...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Global Financial Watchdog Suspends Russia’s Membership“The measure is both an important political statement as well as a recognition of the threats to the global financial system posed by Russia. The FATF identified Russia’s invo...
By Alex Zerden
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Putin’s Wartime Bluster Obscures Russia’s Precarious FutureSanctions imposed by Group of Seven (G-7) countries — the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom — and the European Union are aimed at strangling P...
By Emily Kilcrease
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After a Year of War, Ukraine's Military is Facing a New Test of Its Resolve, Holding the Line Until Key Weapons Arrive
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"We're going to find ourselves in a logistics race when it comes to who can stay resupplied with the basics like ammunition," Jim Townsend, the former deputy assistant secreta...
By Jim Townsend
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These Battles and Major Moments have Shaped a Brutal Year of War in Ukraine
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The weeks-long battle for Kyiv matters because "they were able to show that they were up to the fight — 'Give us the tools and we'll do the job' kind of thing," Jim Townsend, ...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden and Putin's dueling speeches show why the end of the Ukraine war is a long way off
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At the annual Munich Security Conference this weekend, the world’s national security influencers’ attention was on the war in Ukraine — particularly, on how to get Ukraine mor...
By Richard Fontaine
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia’s New Start Speech is More Scare Tactics Than New Arms Race, Says Former AmbassadorThat fits with how Moscow has historically handled such negotiations. [John] Tefft recalled previous similar displays, such as in 1983 when negotiators working for the then So...
By Samuel Bendett
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Putin’s Move on Nuclear Treaty May Signal End to Formal Arms Control
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It was a reminder of how fragile the scant remaining restraints on nuclear weapons worldwide appear, 14 years after President Barack Obama, in a signature speech in Prague, ca...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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In Biden’s Unannounced Visit to Kyiv, a Preview of an Increasingly Direct Contest With Putin
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“Everyone — Ukraine, Europe and now countries in Asia — wants to rearm,” Richard Fontaine, the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security and a former Republica...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden in Kyiv and Warsaw is a reminder of who really leads Europe
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“The West is now unified in its aims,” wrote Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, from this weekend’s conference in Munich. “Lo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defense industry“The Ukraine conflict has been an important wake-up call for decision makers at the Pentagon,” says Martijn Rasser, director of technology and national security at the Center ...
By Martijn Rasser & Stacie Pettyjohn
