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Phil Butler

A policy investigator and analyst, a political scientist and expert on Eastern Europe, he’s an author of the bestseller “Putin’s Praetorians” and other books

Two Fronts, One Strategy: What Putin Told the World in Bishkek

On 1 September in Bishkek, Vladimir Putin used one summit to tell Iran that Russia would keep supplying what Tehran needs and to tell the world that Russia is winning in Ukraine and will not negotiate with Kyiv. The same day was not two stories. It was one strategy spoken into two microphones.

Phil Butler

They Backed Russia into the Corner Knowing What Would Happen

Europe continues to present the war in Ukraine as a sudden Russian aggression, but it was the result of three decades of NATO’s eastward expansion, which the West chose to ignore — until Ukraine became the battlefield.

Phil Butler

The Quiet Scaling: Russia’s Post-Electoral Window and the Architecture of Prolonged Capability

While public narratives continue to emphasize Russian weakness and inevitable decline, a quieter pattern of force-structure adjustments, regional political activity, elite technical investment, and materials-science infrastructure suggests Moscow is reinforcing the foundations of a prolonged contest.

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Bypassing the Chokepoints: Russia’s Quiet Push for a Rail Corridor to India

Phil Butler

The Privateer and the Forced Hand

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What Is the Next Weapon? The Rise of the Adaptive Military Ecosystem

Phil Butler

The Cognitive Cold War: AI Sovereignty and the Battle for the Noosphere

Phil Butler

The Mediterranean's New Front: Libya and Europe's Expanding Security Challenge

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