If NATO wants to grow stronger, it needs to strengthen its Eastern Flank not only with troops and equipment but also with infrastructure and manufacturing facilities. Read it here.

The former president has no plausible vision of international order to put in place of the existing system. Read it here.

Without Washington’s commitment to funding the Compact of Free Association with Pacific Island nations, long-term regional confidence in the United States will erode. Read it here.

If new defensive and offensive technologies come to fruition, the aircraft carrier could resume its habitual functions as a capital ship, raider, and offshore airfield. If not, the carrier confronts a dour future. Read it here.

Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia is still exporting oil and gas—but earning less revenue. What are the consequences? In this special episode, Paul Saunders interviews Tatiana Mitrova, a Research Fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and Director of the New Energy Advancement Hub. Mitrova is a leading expert on Russia’s energy system. Listen now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.