This week, Yorktown Institute President Seth Cropsey joined Café Berlin to discuss maritime power, strategic education, America’s alliances, and the role universities must play in preparing the next generation of national security leaders. America possesses formidable military, technological, and economic power. But power alone does not amount to strategy. […]
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The U.S. is locked in a struggle for mastery of Eurasia that began in the 2010s and emerged into the clear after Russia’s assault on Ukraine. In the long term, Russia seeks to swallow Ukraine and then assault NATO directly. It has increased its military budget by 70% since 2021, and
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The Putin-Xi summit in Moscow ended without any grand pronouncements or overwhelming actions. Yet it produced a joint statement that deserves careful reflection. The statement makes sense only in the context of substantive Russian strategy in Ukraine: Russia is in this for the long haul, as is China. Major public
Despite the Ukraine war having reached its first anniversary, the relevance of the conflict is still not recognized. Russia’s assault inaugurated a formal competition for dominion over the Eurasian landmass. Its goal was to create a strategic position from which it could crack NATO. As it stands, it has failed to conquer Ukraine,
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