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The Future of U.S.-Brazil Security Cooperation: Opportunities Presented by Brazil’s Major Non-NATO Ally Status
July 15, 2022 | Ryan C. Berg A new paper from the CSIS Americas Program details the history of U.S.-Brazil security cooperation and the new frontiers opened by Brazil's designation as a Major Non-NATO Ally.

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The Need for a New NATO Force Planning Exercise
July 14, 2022 | Anthony H. Cordesman NATO must revitalize its force planning process to revitalize its deterrence and defense capabilities, writes CSIS’s Emeritus Chair in Strategy.

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Resetting NATO’s Defense and Deterrence: The Sword and the Shield Redux
June 28, 2022 | Sean Monaghan As NATO unveils its eighth strategic concept since 1949 in Madrid, analysis of previous concepts suggests the alliance should revitalize the "sword and the shield" deterrence model used successfully in the Cold War to defend and deter against Russia’s "maximum intentions."

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Russia’s Ill-Fated Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons in Modern Warfare
June 1, 2022 | Seth G. Jones Russia failed to achieve its main political and military objectives in Ukraine because of poor military planning, significant logistical problems, low combat readiness, and other deficiencies. These challenges will be difficult for the Russian military to fix quickly.

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The Coming Storm: Insights from Ukraine about Escalation in Modern War
May 26, 2022 | Benjamin Jensen CSIS crisis simulations run as part of the new On Future War series show that the longer the war in Ukraine lasts, the more likely it is to escalate and spread beyond the country’s borders.

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The Challenge of European Political Will
May 19, 2022 | Seth G. Jones, Colin Wall Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has galvanized Europe and triggered a renewed focus on hard security and defense. This CSIS report analyzes whether European political will to conduct military missions and operations worldwide will be sustained in the coming years.

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U.S. Strategy: Rebalancing Global Energy between Europe, Russia, and Asia and U.S. Security Policy in the Middle East and the Gulf
May 12, 2022 | Anthony H. Cordesman The Ukraine War has shown there is an immediate need to create alternative oil and gas supplies for America’s strategic partners in Europe and Asia, writes CSIS’s Emeritus Chair in Strategy.

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NATO and the South after Ukraine
May 9, 2022 While the alliance is adapting to the immediate threat posed by Russia, NATO should not neglect its southern neighborhood which remains fraught with growing vulnerabilities and is not impervious to the broader strategic competition with Moscow and Beijing.

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Russia Futures: Three Trajectories
May 4, 2022 The CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program considers three scenarios of Russia’s future development and their implications for transatlantic security.

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Strategic Competition in the Financial Gray Zone
April 25, 2022 | James Andrew Lewis, Eugenia Lostri, Donatienne Ruy Strategic competitors are seeking to shape the geostrategic environment in their favor, including by waging economic warfare and utilizing tools like illicit finance and strategic corruption. Washington should develop stronger policy tools to counter this emerging threat.

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Russia’s War in Ukraine: Identity, History, and Conflict
April 22, 2022 | Jeffrey Mankoff This paper explains the erroneous assumptions Kremlin made about Ukrainian identity that informed its decisionmaking and laid the foundations for its war against Ukraine.

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The Kremlin Playbook 3: Keeping the Faith
February 24, 2022 | Donatienne Ruy This study aims to expose a new front of Russian malign influence in Europe and Eurasia: the instrumentalization of values, traditions, and religious beliefs to exploit or sow divisions among Western societies.

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