PODCAST: Bosnia is in Vladimir Putin’s Crosshairs. Chaos and Conflict to Return to the Balkans? Mark Leon Goldberg April 5, 2018A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a former high ranking US diplomat whose work focused on Russia and Europe. I asked him where he thought Vladimir Putin might target next to sow instability and without missing a beat he said: Bosnia.A scattering ...
PODCAST: How Democracies Can Defend Themselves From Disinformation Campaigns Mark Leon Goldberg March 8, 2018As the United States enters its next election cycle, American democracy is still extremely vulnerable to disinformation campaigns from Russia. Other democracies, particularly in Europe, are also vulnerable to this kind of threat and, indeed, have also been...
Podcast: Michael McFaul, former US Ambassador to Russia Mark Leon Goldberg December 11, 2017Michael McFaul served as US Ambassador to Russia in the Obama administration from 2012 to 2014. Prior to that he served on the National Security Council where he helped shape was known at the time as the "Reset" with Russia.He has a book coming out thi...
Episode 70: Paula Dobriansky Mark Leon Goldberg June 22, 2015Paula Dobriansky served as Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs for the entire George W Bush administration. Prior to that she served in the Bush 41, Reagan and Carter administrations in various foreign policy capacities. And prior to t...
Ukraine is Very, Very Close to an All Out Civil War Kimberly Curtis January 27, 2015January has been a cruel month for the prospects of peace in Ukraine. As the international community mulls new measures against Russia and continues to debate how to best address the conflict, the fighting has reached new levels of intensity. The prospects of...
NATO: New Tools for New Security Challenges Penelope Chester December 3, 2014NATO's largest military expansion since the end of the Cold War
Is Estonia the Next Ukraine? Kimberly Curtis September 8, 2014Troubling signs of Russian expansionism
Russia and the USA Fight. Syrians Lose. Mark Leon Goldberg May 1, 2014Things are getting much worse in Syria, and the Ukraine crisis is to blame.
The 5 Territories that Russia Could Annex Next Kimberly Curtis March 25, 2014Are these the next dominos to fall?
