In October 2022, the Biden administration introduced export controls to limit China’s access to advanced US semiconductors ...

The legacy of the Soviet electrical grid has been a pernicious thorn in the side of the three Baltic states. In the late 2000s, they began negotiating their ...

Debates about national scientific and technological power tend to center on which state first generates new-to-the-world breakthroughs (innovation capacity).

In strategic studies and international relations, grand strategy is a frequently-invoked concept. Yet, despite its popularity, it is not well understood and it has many definitions, some of which are ...

On the night of August 6, the Ukrainian Armed Forces crossed the border at Russia’s Kursk region and launched a surprise offensive on several regional towns. Within twenty-four hours the Ukrainian ...

In the wake of far right gains in recent German state-level elections, German historian and journalist Katja Hoyer joins Aaron to explore the unique regional character of German populism. How has ...

Jason C. Moyer is the Program Associate for the Global Europe Program at The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His research focuses on NATO, the Baltics, the Nordics, and the European ...

There is little documented mapping of conflict prior to the Renaissance period, but, from the 17th century onward, military commanders and strategists began to document the wars in which they were ...

Catherine Tan is a former research intern for the Asia Program and a rising junior at Colby College studying Anthropology and ...

Although “democracy promotion” has become a popular term for policy makers and scholars, democratization is rarely a smooth or linear transition. While some countries quickly democratize, others lag ...

U.S. Naval Institute (USNI), Jack C. Taylor Conference Center, Annapolis, Maryland The conference aims to capture lessons learned, including positive and negative examples, in the conduct of irregular ...

Over the last decade, the U.S., UK Israel and other states have begun to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for military operations and for targeted killings in places like Pakistan, Yemen and ...