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Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia International Law & Policy Peace & Conflict Studies Trevor Schenk

One Man’s Colour Revolution is Another Man’s Great Crimean Heist

A look at the new Russian security doctrine, its impact on Ukraine and its potential consequences for future uprisings and revolutions.

Aren Saakyan Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Peace & Conflict Studies Security Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa

Making Monsters: American Support for Insurgency Groups in the Middle East Backfires

As ISIL expands its control over Iraq, Aren Saakyan argues that the consequences of supporting the Syrian Opposition will be much greater for the United States than the costs of supporting the Taliban during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia Expanding Community Global Governance Peace & Conflict Studies Zahra Sachedina

Minister-Counsellor at the Russian Embassy to the UK, Alexander Kramarenko, speaks at the Cambridge Union Society

Zahra Sachedina analyzes the Russian perspective on the Russia-West relationship offered by Russian Minister-Counsellor to the UK Alexander Kramarkenko.

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Expanding Community Sophia Alifirova The Middle East and North Africa

Afghan Runoff Election: Large Turnout Amid Allegations of Corruption and Taliban Violence

Approximately 7 million Afghans voted in the 2nd round of the presidential election amid widespread allegations of corruption, threats of violence from the Taliban and ballot shortages.

Defense Diplomatic Relations Eastern Europe and Russia International Law & Policy Kristian A. Kennedy Peace & Conflict Studies Rights Security Society Society, Culture, and Security The United States of America

What would George Kennan think of “Containment 2.0”?

Kristian Kennedy discusses the extent to which Obama’s actions in Russia are a modern application of Kennan’s Cold War policy of containment.