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Epiphenomena in the Belarusian Political Crisis (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

An epiphenomenon is a secondary effect or byproduct that arises from but does not causally influence a process—so in a way, it is an...

Lithuania and Poland Want to ‘Recover’ Kaliningrad, Russian Analysts Say (Paul Globe. The Jamestown Foundation)

Since Soviet times, Russian analysts have mused about the possibility that Germany might try to recover Kaliningrad, or East Prussia as it was known...

Russian LNG Shipments to India: Strategic Implications and Long-Term Prospects (Sergey Sukhankin, The Jamestown Foundation)

In late September, Russia’s first Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU)—specifically designed for emergency transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) via the Baltic Sea to...

Blue Flag exercise has Israel’s enemies seeing red (Bradley Bowman, Brig. Gen. Jacob Nagel (ret.), Ryan Brobst, Defense News)

Israel flexed its military and political muscle last month, hosting its largest and most advanced air force exercise ever. The Blue Flag 2021 exercise included dozens...

Trophy interceptor undergoes live-fire tests on Germany’s Leopard tanks (Seth J. Frantzman, Defense News)

 The Trophy active protection system has completed a series of interception tests in Germany as part of the country’s plan to safeguard its Leopard...

‘We are in a very crucial period’: European Defence Agency boss on collective defense (Sebastian Sprengher, Defense News)

As chief executive of the European Defence Agency in Brussels, former Czech defense minister Jiří Šedivý is tasked with running the engine room of...

NATO ups the ante on disruptive tech, artificial intelligence (Vivienne Machi, Defense News)

NATO has officially kicked off two new efforts meant to help the alliance invest in critical next-generation technologies and avoid capability gaps between its...

Amid high hopes, can the European Patrol Corvette deliver? (Tom Kington, Defense News)

A European naval program worth €6 billion (U.S. $7 billion) to build a new corvette is picking up speed this autumn as naval chiefs...

Shaken and stirred: British Army’s Ajax troubles cast a long shadow (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

General Dynamics’ land systems operation in Spain has already built half of the hulls for the British Army’s Ajax armored cavalry program, even as...

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