Winning the New Space Race: Advice for the Next Administration
Charting a Path Forward with China
Toward A More Competitive Posture in the “Global South”
Africa Matters, and the Next President Can't Afford to Ignore It
Trans-Atlantic Relations: A Primer for Our New President
Re-Engaging in the Middle East
There is no question that many European countries badly — very badly — need to restore their force structures and defense industries. However, they now need to do so within a time frame shorter than it would take to establish an EU-wide procurement system and czar, let alone to alter the bloc’s funding priorities.
Any political effort to resolve Russia’s war against Ukraine must reckon with the special circumstances of Crimea.
Last year, Russia launched a bloody war of conquest against its non-threatening neighbor Ukraine. To Moscow’s astonishment, Ukraine defended itself with skill, courage, and — above all — unity.
AFPC has visited Ukraine routinely over the years, but none of our trips there (or elsewhere, for that matter) has been anything like our wartime visit to the capital Kyiv and port city Odesa January 20- 29.