The Ties That Bind
FPRI Eurasia Program, Natalia Kopytnik, Miranda PriebeAn FPRI project examining how NATO shapes the transatlantic relationship and its role in the global security landscape.
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Navigating Germany’s Defense Pivot
Welcome back to the Ties That Bind, a project of the Foreign Policy Research Institute examining the past, present, and future of NATO and the transatlantic relationship.
This season we examine how Western European NATO members like Germa...
Call for Submissions
The Orbis Journal of World Affairs is now accepting submissions for the Fall 2027 special issue: Power Transitions and Alliance Adaptation.
Russia’s war against Ukraine has contributed to perceptions that the distribution of power is chang...
NATO Summit in Ankara
Emily Holland
Eurasia Program Director
This year’s NATO Summit in Ankara was less about substance than a Trump-centered theatrical spectacle, but the central message on Russia and Ukraine is consequential. Over the course of less than...
East Shield: Poland's Role in Defending NATO's Eastern Border
Back in February 2025, when US Vice President JD Vance announced at the Munich Security Conference that US assistance would be scaled back and called on Europe to take greater responsibility for its own security, many European leaders react...
How to Deliver on NATO 3.0
The following was originally published in the Orbis Journal of World Affairs, a joint partnership of the Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.
The Trump administration’s “NATO 3.0” conc...
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The Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute was founded in 2015 with the aim of examining the political, security, economic, and social trends shaping Europe and Eurasia.
Communications Director, Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI); Managing Editor, Orbis Journal of World Affairs; Central Europe Editor, Lossi 36
Miranda Priebe is director of the Center for Analysis of U.S. Grand Strategy, part of the RAND Global and Emerging Risks division. She is a senior political scientist at RAND.
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