Alexandra B. Hall From cyber hacks to military actions that target nuclear programs, a number of tools are used in efforts to prevent countries from developing nuclear weapons. However, Dr. Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer says that these tactics often just “create unwanted attention and noise around a program” rather than …

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Varsha Koduvayur As the Freedom Convoy protests enter their fourth week, the Canadian government is targeting protestors’ ability to fundraise, including via cryptocurrency. It’s time for Washington to do the same for domestic extremists. Canada’s Freedom Convoy protesters are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency donations for support after …

Russell Berman and Michael Auslan In planning for a response to an invasion either of Ukraine or of Taiwan, American strategy should not focus exclusively on the core aggression but also complicate the adversary’s situation by planning for second fronts. In light of the beginning of a Russian …

Jacob Heilbrunn The transformation of Russia in Western eyes from adversary to enemy has begun. In 1946, Walter Bedell “Beetle” Smith, who was the new ambassador to the Soviet Union, left Spaso House late at night to meet with Generalissimo Josef Stalin in the Kremlin. Winston Churchill had recently …

On February 7, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a statement adding 33 Chinese entities to the Unverified List (UVL). Being listed does not imply that the said entities pose a specific and clear national security threat or foreign policy concern, but …

Nadia Helmy Perhaps the current Ukrainian crisis with Russia has redrawn the international order, and made the most prominent analysis here focus on whether the United States of America is launching a (counterattack on the Shanghai Treaty Group, of which Russia and China retain its membership), so that …

Giancarlo Valori The situation in Ukraine has suddenly changed. After the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the State Duma, the Council of the Russian Federation and the Russian Federal Security Service pushed President Putin to recognise the independence of the Doneck People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s …

Dylan Motin  Throughout the last few years, many Arab states have taken steps towards normalizing relations with Syria. The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy there in 2018 and important regional U.S. partners like Egypt and Jordan are trading with Damascus again. Meanwhile, the Biden administration adopted a …

Giancarlo Valori At the annual press conference held on December 23, 2021, Russian President Putin noted that there was only one issue behind the attempts by the United States and some Western countries to boycott the Beijing 2022 Olympics, i.e. the intention to curb the development of the …