Welcome back to the Ties that Bind. This week, we go back North to the shores of the Baltic Sea for a perspective from Latvia.

XT is a rising senior at Swarthmore College, double majoring in Political Science and Computer Science. Originally from ...

In 2021, open-source intelligence efforts revealed a surprising discovery using commercial satellite imagery: China was ...

Join us for a reception and conversation with Ambassador Vladislav Kulminski, and FPRI President Aaron Stein as they discuss ...

In the late 1970s, the United States often seemed to be a superpower in decline. Battered by crises and setbacks around the globe, its post–World War II international leadership appeared to be ...

Tanzania has long been a model of representative government and stability in East Africa. Recent elections have sparked public discontent, demonstrations, and violent reactions from government ...

The first serious book to examine what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased. Once, war was a temporary state of affairs—a violent but brief interlude between times of ...

Iman Hatibu is a dedicated development and human-rights practitioner with a strong track record in governance, advocacy, and sustainable development. Her work in Tanzania spans influential ...

Ambassador Kulminski has over two decades of experience in conflict resolution, foreign policy, strategic planning and ...

Research Associate for the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center, Madison brings expertise from roles at the Stockholm ...

Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis ...