Russia’s been hit by a financial Cold War Robert Person - March 28, 2022 The Kremlin is juggling the stability of the ruble — and surging inflation
What do Russia’s cyber moves mean for the Ukraine crisis? Shawn W. Lonergan and Erica D. Lonergan - January 11, 2022 Ambiguous signals raise the risk of miscalculating what’s really going on
American missionaries were kidnapped for ransom in Haiti. What happens in these cases? Danielle Gilbert - October 23, 2021 Here’s the research on hostage-taking and recovery
Would the Founding Fathers support critical race theory? Alvin Tillery - June 29, 2021 Studying their writings — and other canonical documents in U.S. history — reveals how deeply racism is built into the nation’s structure
When Defense Secretary Austin tried to call his Chinese counterpart, here’s what really got in the way Tom Fox - June 23, 2021 The U.S. and China have very different military structures.
The Islamic State has ‘provinces’ in Africa. That doesn’t mean what you might think. Jason Warner - June 6, 2021 Africa’s militant groups retain considerable autonomy, research shows
Biden has picked a retired general for defense secretary. Here’s why it matters. Risa Brooks, Michael Robinson, and Heidi A. Urben - December 9, 2020 The move marks back-to-back administrations tapping retired generals to fill high-level government positions
Australia discovered that its special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan Thomas Gift, Charles Miller, and Andrew M. Bell - November 30, 2020 Here’s the research on how militaries can reduce violence against civilians
Trump’s election fraud allegations suggest military voters uniformly supported him. It’s not so. Max Z. Margulies and Danielle Lupton - November 17, 2020 Three things to know about how active-duty military and veterans vote.
Three things to know about military endorsements for the 2020 campaign Zachary E. Griffiths and Michael Robinson - August 28, 2020 Retired military figures offer endorsements in every presidential election. But these testimonials may not have much effect.