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.
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.
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 ...
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 …
Foreign Policy Research Institute - International Policy Think Tank
3 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.
Russia’s Space Program After 2024 - Foreign Policy Research …
Jul 22, 2024 · GLONASS seems to be crucially underfunded even in rubles. It was officially planned that the navigation system would get ₽484 billion ($6.7 billion) during 2021 to 2030. This amount would allow Russia to complete developing a new generation of navigation satellites GLONASS-K (GLONASS-K2) and to orbit them instead of satellites of the previous generation, GLONASS-M, which either have exceeded ...
Russian Strategic Culture and the War in Ukraine
Jul 2, 2024 · Introduction. The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, shocked the world. Currently, the Russian-Ukrainian war is the biggest European war since the end of World War II. The full-scale invasion was a continuation of unlawful actions in 2014 when Russia seized and temporarily occupied Crimea.
Why the United States Went to War in Vietnam
Why did the U.S. go to war in Vietnam? This is a question historians continue to debate. One of the main reasons it remains a source of argument is that it is difficult to say when the U.S. war actually began. Should we trace it back to the 1940s when President Harry Truman authorized U.S. financial support of the French war in Indochina? Did …
The Role of the Director of National Intelligence as ‘Head’ of the ...
Sep 13, 2019 · In recent weeks, there has been controversy over who President Donald Trump would nominate as the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) after the resignation of Dan Coats. This discussion makes it an appropriate time to ask some questions: How influential is this position? Is it something truly worth being concerned about?
The Realignment of the Middle East - Foreign Policy Research …
Mar 5, 2024 · Executive Summary. In the Middle East, reality can change in the blink of an eye. Misconceptions and misrepresentations that dominate the public discourse have it that the region has been embroiled in war since time immemorial.