Russia is developing at least three hypersonic weapons that are operational or approaching operational status. These systems, introduced by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his 2018 and 2019…
An Unacceptable Pattern of Harm Twenty years after the UN Security Council first adopted the resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict—and 70 years after the Geneva…
One of the thorniest counter-insurgency (COIN) issues for states is dealing with captured suspects. Holding them indefinitely as prisoners of war is one option, but this method legally precludes interrogation…
Introduction The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are an assembly of militias with Kurdish forces at the core. They are currently resisting Turkey’s widely condemned military assault on northern Syria. Although…
Events in the Middle East have long reverberated through the Caucasus, a region that sits at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East and borders the Black and Caspian…
In September 2018, the South Sudanese government and its opposition groups signed the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). Because prior peace agreements…
Each time Pakistan and India make the news together, one can expect that the long-festering conflict between the two countries has taken a turn for the worse. Nearly every American…
On February 24 and 27, 2019, unidentified attackers set fire to two Ebola treatment centers operated by Médecines Sans Frontiers (MSF) in the cities of Katwa and Butembo in…
In January, Ukraine’s Orthodox church won independence following 332 years of Russian control – a powerful blow to Russia’s ability to exert influence in Ukraine and across the Orthodox world.
