Alexander Palmer

Research Associate, Transnational Threats Project
Alexander Palmer

Alexander Palmer is a research associate in the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Prior to joining CSIS, he worked in Afghanistan, where he provided security analysis to humanitarian and UN staff before and after the withdrawal of international military forces in August 2021. Alexander is also a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership, where he works on issues related to negotiation and conflict resolution.

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Russian and Ukrainian Force Disposition

Explore CSIS’s interactive map of the war in Ukraine. See how the force disposition and front lines in Ukraine have changed over time.

Digital Report by Seth G. Jones , Riley McCabe , and Alexander Palmer — March 3, 2023

Ukrainian Innovation in a War of Attrition

Russia suffered more combat deaths in Ukraine in the first year of the war than in all of its wars combined since World War II. The average rate of Russian soldiers killed per month in Ukraine is 35 times greater than the number of Soviet soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Brief by Seth G. Jones , Riley McCabe , and Alexander Palmer — February 27, 2023