Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2024?
Dec 19, 2023 · Editor’s Note: This article is the sixth annual “Trends in Terrorism” essay from global counterterrorism expert and FPRI non-resident Senior Fellow Colin Clarke.. On the morning of October 7, Hamas terrorists breached the border fence between Gaza and Israel under the cover of a withering rocket barrage.
Russia's War in Ukraine: Critical Vulnerabilities to Russia's Military ...
Weaknesses not in Culture but in Capacity. One critical vulnerability to Russia’s military operations and systems revealed during the war with Ukraine is Russia’s difficulty regenerating military capacity after high casualties, equipment losses, and munitions expenditures.
Foreign Policy Research Institute - International Policy Think Tank
6 days ago · The Foreign Policy Research Institute is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the United States.
The Islamic State Five Years After the Collapse of the Caliphate
Mar 29, 2024 · Five years ago this March, the final remnants of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate were physically destroyed. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish militia backed by the United States and its allies, swept into the Syrian desert town of Baghouz to capture the group’s remaining fighters and their families. ISIS’s last stand was the culmination of a years-long effort led by ...
Russian Military Drones: Past, Present, and Future of the UAV …
Nov 30, 2023 · Key Findings. Relying on global supply chains, Russia was able to develop its own UAV industrial base in the late 2000s and early 2010s. For UAV production, Russia imported electronics, engines, and industrial equipment (which is more important than electronic components) from Europe, the United States, Israel, and Japan, among other places.
A "Frozen Conflict" Boils Over: Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023 and …
Jan 18, 2024 · In the end, the first war over Nagorno-Karabakh gave birth to an unusual entity on the world map—the de facto independent state. Indeed, in addition to the 15 newly recognized states, five other de facto independent, though unrecognized, “states” came into existence as a result of civil wars at the end of the Soviet era: Abkhazia, Chechnya, South Ossetia, Transnistria, and Nagorno-Karabakh.
How Sudan’s Wars of Succession Shape the Current Conflict
Jul 3, 2024 · Sudan Today. Since fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the government-sponsored paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April of 2023, according to the International Rescue Committee at least 25 million people out of a total population of roughly 48.7 million are in need of basic humanitarian aid.
Breaking the Circuit: US-China Semiconductor Controls
Sep 16, 2024 · In October 2022, the Biden administration introduced export controls to limit China’s access to advanced US semiconductors and technologies, aiming to maintain US technological superiority and address security concerns.
Understanding Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Foreign Policy …
Feb 24, 2022 · Russian Aggression in Ukraine & Russian Defense Analysis Moscow’s Mind Games: Finding Ideology in Putin’s Russia – February 2023; The Confrontation with Russia and US Grand Strategy – February 2023; Tanks a Lot (Well, Actually Not That Many for Ukraine) – February 2023 Wagner Group Redefined: Threats and Responses – January 2023 ‘Let’s Make a …
Russia’s Military Industry Forecast 2023-2025
Pavel Luzin holds a doctorate in international relations from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO). He writes on Russia’s politics, defense affairs, and global security for Riddle media.