Remaining on the current military course will not only be enormously expensive but will likely spur an arms race and increase the risk of a superpower conflict. Read it here.

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine represented the Kremlin’s latest and most extreme reaction to the breakup of the Soviet Union. Read it here.

While legislative reform is imperative, a cultural shift within AUKUS governments must alter risk appetites towards working with the private sector. Read it here.

Seventy-eight percent of Ukrainians have close relatives or friends who have been killed or wounded in Russia's war. Read it here.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has had a major impact on its relations with the states of Central Asia. It has given rise to new efforts in some quarters to further de-colonialize from the Tsarist and Soviet legacies. Western sanctions have altered regional economic supply chains, and the large recent influx of Russians to the region has greatly changed migration patterns. On February 22, the Center for the National Interest hosted an expert panel to discuss how the Central Asian states and peoples have pursued their interests under new circumstances. Watch it here.