Finland’s shipyards have the capacity to produce icebreakers quickly and at a reasonable cost. It is estimated that, compared to US icebreaker production underway, the average Finnish icebreaker would ...

What is the status of ISIS in the Middle East and North Africa at the end of 2021? Which branches or affiliates were the most active? Which the least active? What kind of attacks or activities has ...

In 2015, the Islamic State announced the formation of Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), a new affiliate based in Afghanistan. The group’s early recruits were former members of the Pakistani Taliban, the ...

Since its creation in December 1987, Hamas has invoked militant interpretations of Islam to spearhead a Sunni extremist movement committed to destroying Israel. Hamas distanced itself from the ...

A comprehensive guide to navigating intellectual property rights in the growing field of public participation in scientific research.

Disinformation Manipulates Discontent Francophone West Africa’s six military seizures of power since 2020 were underpinned by waning popular support for democracy in the region. The coups—two in ...

Solar radiation management (SRM) is an idea born of desperation. It is also an idea that demands consideration as the global community grapples with an ongoing and accelerating climate crisis. This ...

Christopher Solomon chronicles the evolution of Hayat Tahrir al Sham in Syria. HTS is a hardline group committed to replacing the Assad government with an Islamic state. As a fighting force, HTS has ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more than a technological breakthrough—it is a transformative force shaping the future economy, security landscape, global power dynamics, and daily life. The US, along ...

This report aims to provide insights into how Finland and Sweden’s prospective NATO membership would change the military and political landscape of the Baltic Sea region. The report (i) summarizes key ...

Amidst a deteriorating security environment in Europe following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, doubt about further US engagement in the region, and growing calls for greater European ...

As the United States convened a meeting of 40 nations in late April to coordinate their military aid to Ukraine, Russia responded with renewed nuclear saber-rattling. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, ...