Explainers - Defense Priorities

Explainers

Region

Topic

Ukraine-Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Military analysis, Russia, Ukraine

No silver bullet: Aid is not a shortcut to victory for Ukraine

By Michael DiMino

June 21, 2024

Grand strategy

Grand Strategy: Geography

By Christopher McCallion

May 23, 2024

China, Asia

Challenges to Chinese blue-water operations

By Mike Sweeney

April 30, 2024

Grand strategy

Grand Strategy: The Balance of Power

By Christopher McCallion

April 16, 2024

Grand strategy

Grand Strategy: Shield of the republic

By Christopher McCallion

March 1, 2024

Grand strategy

Implications for foreign intervention for domestic institutions

By Abigail Hall

December 27, 2023

Syria, Middle East

Withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and Iraq

By Daniel DePetris

December 20, 2023

Asia

Moving to an offshore balancing strategy for East Asia

By Peter Harris

October 31, 2023

Syria

Reset U.S.-Syria policy

By Daniel DePetris

October 11, 2023

Africa, Counterterrorism

Overreach in Africa: rethinking U.S. counterterrorism strategy

By William Walldorf

August 31, 2023

Ukraine-Russia, Russia, Ukraine

Neutrality not NATO: assessing security options for Ukraine

By Benjamin Friedman

July 12, 2023

Nuclear weapons, NATO

The restraining effect of nuclear deterrence

By William D’Ambruoso

June 16, 2023

Ukraine-Russia, Russia, Ukraine

Assessing realist and liberal explanations for the Russo-Ukrainian war

By Christopher McCallion

June 7, 2023

Europe and Eurasia, NATO

How would Europe defend itself?

By Mike Sweeney

April 11, 2023

Grand strategy

Don’t fear vacuums: it’s safe to go home

By Benjamin Friedman

December 7, 2022