What's on the Agenda for the 2023 NATO Vilnius Summit? (with Vice Minister Mantas Adomėnas)
From July 11-12, Lithuania is scheduled to host the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius. According to Lithuanian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mantas Adomėnas, the summit's success will be predicated on t...
2 Juni 202336min
Bakhmut: The "New Berlin"? (with Kateryna Stepanenko)
On May 21, Russian forces declared victory in Bakhmut after nearly a year of battle, marking their first seizure over a major city since Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in the summer of 2022. While Russi...
30 Maj 202340min
Putin vs. Prigozhin: A Race for the Russian Military (with Frederick W. Kagan)
Yevgeny Prigozhin is a unique figure among Russian President Vladimir Putin's tight circle of power players. He has no official position within the Kremlin, but controls a network of influential state...
24 Maj 202348min
The View from Germany, Pt. 2 (with Amb. Christoph Heusgen)
Over a year into German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's famous Zeitenwende speech calling Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "historic turning point" in Germany's defense policy and pledging €100 billion in incr...
8 Maj 202338min
The View from Germany, Pt. I (with Franziska Brantner)
On March 25, 2022, roughly a month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Franziska Brantner, German parliamentary state secretary for economic affairs and climate action, made a case for European sove...
3 Maj 202328min
To Crimea or Not To Crimea: That is the Question, with Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (Ret.)
Now that spring has sprung, Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive is predicted to be just around the corner. With Russian resources gradually depleting, additional US resources potentially on the li...
27 Apr 202328min
So, What About NATO?
On April 20th, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made a surprise visit to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy—his first since the start of the Russian invasion—and reaffirm...
24 Apr 202328min
Belarus and Russia: An Unhappy Marriage (with Franak Viačorka)
In 2020, Belarus experienced the largest anti-government demonstrations in its history following the fraudulent re-election of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko. While ultimately stymied by re...
18 Apr 202328min
