Foreign Policy Research Institute

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“A nation must think before it acts.”— FPRI founder Robert Strausz-Hupé FPRI was founded in 1955 by Robert Strausz-Hupe, a former U.S. ambassador.

The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is an independent nonpartisan think tank based in Philadelphia, PA. Today, FPRI's work continues to support Strausz-Hupe's belief that "a nation must think before it acts" through five regional and topical research programs, education initiatives, and public engagement but locally and nationally. FPRI is dedicated to producing the highest quality schola

Episode 5 | Cyber is War 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.

Decoding China’s 15th Five-Year Plan - Foreign Policy Research Institute 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

Understanding the German Defense Strategy 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

Gas tank on E 06/02/2026

Read the latest for an update on fuel sale restrictions, tensions between Russia and Armenia, and more. https://buff.ly/LQigIoT

Gas tank on E 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.

Understanding the German Defense Strategy 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

Dark Eagle in the Desert | Considerations for Deploying LRHW to CENTCOM 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.

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