06/02/2026
On , Dmitri Alperovitch details how cyber capabilities function as enabling tools and have the potential to cause immense disruption to our critical infrastructure.
Episode 5 | Cyber is War
Explore the intersection of cybersecurity and international affairs in our latest episode featuring Dmitri Alperovitch discussing cyber threats.
06/02/2026
"The elevation of the Common Destiny vision shows how the CCP sees the 'widening deficit in global governance' as an opportunity to advance its alternative to the US-led global governance system." Read Kyle Marcrum's full report on China's latest Five-Year Plan.
Decoding China’s 15th Five-Year Plan - Foreign Policy Research Institute
China’s latest Five-Year Plan signals that it has become more pessimistic about the global environment, seeing it as uncertain and unstable. However, the
06/02/2026
This Thursday at 2:30 PM: Join FPRI for an in-person book talk and panel discussion focusing on the question, "What does America’s founding vision demand of us today?"
America at 250: The Enduring Power and Purpose of the United States - FPRI Events
What does America’s founding vision demand of us today? And what will it take to sustain US leadership in the decades ahead?
06/02/2026
🆕 Mnangagwa versus Chiwenga: The Existential Battle for Power in Zimbabwe by Charles Ray.
Mnangagwa vs Chiwenga: The Existential Battle for Power in Zimbabwe - Foreign Policy Research Institute
The November 2017 military move in Zimbabwe that marked the end of Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule opened a completely new phase in the southern African
06/02/2026
Listen Now: The Strategy for Affordable Missiles on .
The Strategy for Affordable Missiles: A Conversation with Ursa Major
Listen now | This week on the Behind the Front Podcast
06/02/2026
"I held events with the public and confronted them with what is going on against Ukraine. And I learned that the people expect more truth. If we shy away, they shy away from supporting us." Listen to the latest episode of .
Understanding the German Defense Strategy
Season 3, Episode 2 | In Conversation with Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Bundestag
06/02/2026
Read the latest for an update on fuel sale restrictions, tensions between Russia and Armenia, and more. https://buff.ly/LQigIoT
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New fuel sale restrictions hint at Russia's diminished oil refining capacity
06/02/2026
As more news outlets highlight Niger's nationalization of uranium stockpiles, revisit this analysis piece by Raphael Parens and Steven Radil.
06/01/2026
"What we need is a geopolitical and geoeconomical understanding of Europe. Europe is not [equal to] the European Union and is stronger with the UK, Norway, Iceland, and Greenland. We also need a strong eastern pillar of defense in the southeast of NATO, including Ukraine and Turkey" (11:43). Tune in to the .
Understanding the German Defense Strategy
Season 3, Episode 2 | In Conversation with Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Bundestag
06/01/2026
Sam Lair comments on the potential deployment of Dark Eagle to CENTCOM in the latest piece for : "The flexibility offered by long-range hypersonic missiles would allow the United States to hold Russian targets at risk from the Middle East. However, that would likely come at the cost of further eroded crisis stability with Russia."
Dark Eagle in the Desert | Considerations for Deploying LRHW to CENTCOM
At the end of April, Gerry Doyle at Bloomberg reported that CENTCOM had requested the deployment of Dark Eagle to the Middle East.