June 2024
Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Turning Point or Dead End? Challenging the Kremlin's Narrative of Stability in Wartime Andras Toth-Czifra ?
The Russian government expects 2024 to be a turning point in the country’s war against Ukraine. For this expectation to become reality, the Kremlin is using means of reflexive control: It projects an image of a country that has weathered Western sanctions, ramped up its economic performance, and united a society behind its leader and his goals. This strategy was confirmed by personnel changes executed after Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fifth presidential term.
But the Kremlin’s message masks the costly trade-offs that the Kremlin has created by choosing to pursue a long and costly war with an economic and political system that operates in increasingly tight corners.
"As it becomes increasingly challenging for Western allies to source the material Kyiv needs to sustain its fight, Allied leaders will need to grapple with difficult trade-off questions about what to give Ukraine and what to keep for themselves."
"Russia has traditionally?portrayed ?Russian speakers in Latvia as a monolithic group that faces discrimination, doing so to deepen ethnic cleavages domestically and complicate Latvia’s standing with Western partners."
"Some might underestimate Mongolia’s ability to navigate today’s great power competition, but it is an underdog worth watching."
During the past 20 years of their NATO membership, the Baltic states achieved a multi-faceted transformation in their strategic posture establishment, military capability development, and level of interdependence with their NATO allies.
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This year, NATO members will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the alliance at the Washington Summit in July.?Throughout this project, FPRI will hear from people who have dedicated their careers to serving, understanding, and educating about NATO’s mission, its work, and its role in preserving transatlantic security.
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Podcasts
What is NATO’s role in the war in Ukraine? Why is Russia against Ukraine in NATO? Why does NATO want to expand to Ukraine? Why does Ukraine want to join NATO? To answer these questions and more, host Walter Landgraf, PhD speaks with Dominik Jankowski, John Deni, and Lisa Aronsson.
As US assistance to Ukraine resumes after a long delay, Russian forces are making gains in northeastern Ukraine and may be poised to expand their offensive push this summer. Retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges , former Commander of US Army forces in Europe?joins Bob Hamilton on Chain Reaction.
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Why has the Global South, historically on the receiving end of colonialism and imperialism, maintained what might be called a neutral stance towards Russia’s war against Ukraine??Ivan Grek , Director of the Russia Program at George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, joins?Aaron Schwartzbaum ?to discuss.
Philip Wasielewski and US Army Special Operations Command historian Troy Sacquety explore how the Office of Strategic Services waged a little known but strategically impactful irregular war against the Japanese army in Burma with the help of local guerrilla fighters and how lessons learned from this campaign can be applied today.
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"China’s relentless drive toward technological self-reliance in the semiconductor industry has intensified its geopolitical rivalry with the United States."
"The Democratic Progressive Party victory in the recent Taiwanese presidential elections has been met with anger from the Chinese Communist Party, while the Kuomintang success in the Legislative Yuan has been met with optimism by Beijing."
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Joseph de Weck ?-?Internationale Politik Quarterly
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Event Highlights
Doing Business in Rwanda | June 7th, 2024
The Ties That Bind: NATO at 75 and Beyond | June 26th, 2024
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