A list of authors, past and present

Anastasia Poberezhna

The Instagram dictator: ‘I declare war!’ Is Russia launching the war of hybrid terrorism against NATO?

We are used to having freedom to say what we want. But what if we didn’t? And what if a foreign state was telling us so? In a world beset by ISIS we are used to terrorist attacks by non-state actors. But what if a state with veto power at the UN Security Council was Read More…

Khalid Mahdi Operations

Endless Incursions: Russian Overflights into Turkey and their Implications for NATO

Over the past few months, Turkey has experienced a significant number of unauthorized incursions into its territory by Russian military crafts. Khalid Mahdi analyzes the implications of these overflights against the backdrop of both the Syrian conflict and NATO-Russian relations.

Drazo Kraishnik Eastern Europe and Russia Europe Expanding Community Scandinavia

Finland’s tango with neutrality and NATO membership

This week’s article on NATO expansion focuses on Finland; its security situation within Europe, and its evolving relationship with NATO. Following the end of World War Two, Finland became a militarily neutral state. Though officially a Western market economy, Finland enjoyed a special relationship with the Soviet Union and the West in the Cold War Read More…