Publications

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2354

December 17, 2019 Margot van Loon

Passports link GRU agents to unsolved crimes;
A brewing emigration crisis?;
U.S. officials inspect Putin's superweapon;
Another investigative journalist attacked;
Apple appeases Kremlin with new Crimea policy

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2353

December 13, 2019 Margot van Loon

A step forward for Moscow in northern Syria;
Ukrainian ships returned;
Vostochny fraud a thorn in Putin's side;
Russia's military decisionmaking set to outstrip NATO's;
The Kremlin tightens its grip on Russian tech

China Reform Monitor No. 1397

December 12, 2019 Joshua Eisenman

China and ASEAN agree to a second maritime military exercise;
China expands military sales to and cooperation with Thailand;
China and Saudi Arabia launch joint naval exercise;
China challenges Zimbabwe's bilateral assistance data;
Malaysia arrests 680 PRC nationals for online fraud targeting the mainland

The Problems Plaguing NATO

December 11, 2019 Ilan I. Berman The Hill

Seventy years after the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty and the formation of the Atlantic Alliance, the West's most powerful and enduring military bloc is suffering from deep systemic dysfunctions.