Sergey E. Ivashchenko

The contemporary international security environment is undergoing a period in which democratic states face increasing pressure from authoritarian...

Introduction China ended 2025 in a situation where its traditional internal sources of growth no longer provided the momentum that had defined the...

Multiple Threat Vectors to NATO and Europe Introduction Belarus ceased to be an independent vector of regional security long ago. Formally, this...

Introduction Russia’s relations with post‑Soviet states shape the strategic environment across Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. After...

Introduction Quantum technologies are moving from fundamental science into applied domains, creating conditions in which defense structures encounter...

Introduction European security has entered a period in which even localized incidents can rapidly acquire strategic significance. Military activity...

Introduction For decades, the American military presence in Europe has remained one of the key pillars of the continent’s security architecture. It...

Introduction The global energy system has entered a phase of instability in which an incident that began as a local disruption t riggered chain...

Introduction The military conflict between the United States and Iran, which grew out of protracted diplomatic efforts to resolve Iran’s nuclear...

Introduction Naval power in the twenty‑first century has gradually moved away from large formations built around massive industrial‑era giants such as...