Europe home alone: Gaming out the future of transatlantic relations

MENASource Aug 25, 2024

After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

By David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.
Conflict Israel
Europe home alone: Gaming out the future of transatlantic relations

New Atlanticist Aug 21, 2024

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.
Conflict Defense Policy
Europe home alone: Gaming out the future of transatlantic relations

UkraineAlert Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.
Conflict Defense Policy

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Aug 31, 2022

Europe home alone: Gaming out the future of transatlantic relations

By Liana Fix, Xenia Kelemen, and Jörn Fleck

The Atlantic Council partnered with Körber-Stiftung International Affairs on the 2022 Körber Policy Game to game out Europe's reactions to any future rifts in the transatlantic relationship.

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

UkraineAlert

Aug 31, 2022

Russia must be held accountable for committing genocide in Ukraine

By Danielle Johnson

Efforts to hold Russia accountable for genocide in Ukraine will involve war crimes trials but must also focus on the broader challenge of addressing Russia's historical sense of impunity, writes Danielle Johnson

Conflict Disinformation

In the News

Aug 30, 2022

Shaffer in Mosaic Magazine: Turkish-Israel Normalization Is Good News for the U.S.
Conflict Israel

UkraineAlert

Aug 30, 2022

The Ukrainian military must reorganize to defeat Russia

By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

Ukraine has achieved military miracles to derail Russia's invasion plans but reorganization of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is necessary if the country is to be fully liberated from Russian occupation, writes Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

Conflict Defense Industry

UkraineAlert

Aug 30, 2022

Decolonizing Crimean history

By Oleksandra Gaidai

A new online educational initiative is aiming to decolonize Crimean history and challenge the problematic international tendency to view the lands of the former Soviet Union through a Russian prism.

Civil Society Conflict
Senior Airman Julianne Showalter

Airpower after Ukraine

Aug 30, 2022

AirLand redux? Early lessons from Ukraine

By Michael P. Kreuzer

Ukraine is exploiting the seam between airpower and land-domain assets, hinting that the friction of war at the airland seam is growing.

Defense Policy Defense Technologies

Airpower after Ukraine

Aug 30, 2022

Air superiority in Ukraine: Be sensitive to Diagoras’s problem

By David Pappalardo

Observers of the war in Ukraine must remain cautious and not draw conclusions merely based on what they see.

China Defense Policy

Airpower after Ukraine

Aug 30, 2022

Will robotized fire power replace manned air power?

By Peter Wilson

Russia's aerospace campaign points toward the increased robotization of deep-strike systems in modern warfare.

China Cybersecurity
Tech. Sgt. Roland Sturm

Airpower after Ukraine

Aug 30, 2022

OSINT’s influence on the Russian air campaign in Ukraine and the implications for future Western deployments

By Robin Kemp

Open-source intelligence has strategic benefits, but it also raises concerns for military decisionmakers.

Defense Policy Intelligence

Airpower after Ukraine

Aug 30, 2022

Ukraine air war examined: A glimpse at the future of air warfare

By Tyson Wetzel

Six months into the war in Ukraine, defense planners can learn from Ukrainian success and Russian failures in the air domain.

Defense Policy Defense Technologies
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