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: A serviceman of the 34th Coastal Defense Brigade with the call sign ‘Shok’ holds the GOR drone, a Ukrainian reconnaissance aircraft that servicemen use to detect Russian enemy positions, at the launch point on March 14, 2025 in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. The 34th Coastal Defense Brigade was recently formed based on the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, which has been fighting for Kherson since the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion 2022. Over the past three years, the brigade’s units have also f

A Ukrainian serviceman holds the GOR drone on March 14, 2025, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Reports

The Impact of Drones on the Battlefield: Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War from a French Perspective

Tsiporah Fried

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tsiporah Fried

Nov 13, 2025

Reports

Long Read

A Ukrainian soldier aims with a machine gun during a military training on October 21, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | November 12

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 12, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Ukrainian servicemen drive a tank near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on December 23, 2024. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | November 5

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 5, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Joseph Stalin in 1937. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Circling Back on Joseph Stalin

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Nov 4, 2025

Commentary

7 Min Read

The Russian military unveils the submarine Khabarovsk at Sevmash JSC Shipyard in Severodvinsk, Russia, on November 1, 2025. (Getty Images)

Podcast

Russian Super Weapons and What Comes Next for the US

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Nov 4, 2025

Podcast

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet at the White House on October 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Reports

Ten Steps to Pressure Russia to Come to the Negotiating Table

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Luke Coffey, Thomas J. Duesterberg & Can Kasapoğlu

Oct 30, 2025

Reports

10 Min Read

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sign documents during a joint press conference in front of a Gripen fighter jet in Linkoping, Sweden, on October 22, 2025, after talks on Russia's ongoing of aggression against Ukraine and the countries' deepening defense cooperation. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on October 22 that Sweden and Ukraine had signed a letter of intent to develop air capabilities, which could see Ukraine buy up to 150 Gripen fight

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sign documents confirming the sale of Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine in Linkoping, Sweden, on October 22, 2025.

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | October 29

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Oct 29, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Oil pumping units are seen in Tatarstan, Russia, on July 14, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

How Trump’s Russia Sanctions Give Him the Upper Hand with China

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Oct 28, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

The oil and chemical tanker Birthe Theresi sails along a sea canal near Kanonersky Island in Saint Petersburg on February 12, 2025. (Getty Images)

In the Media

Will Allied Sanctions Weaken Russia?

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Oct 27, 2025

In the Media

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1, 2025, in Tianjin, China. (Getty Images)

Commentary

A New Triple Entente Between India, Russia, and China

Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Aparna Pande

Oct 27, 2025

Commentary

8 Min Read

Caption An aerial view shows the destroyed areas of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, following months of intense fighting near the front line, on October 7, 2025. (Getty Images) Share to Twitter

An aerial view shows the destroyed areas of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, following months of intense fighting near the front line, on October 7, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | October 22