Steven Pifer

Europe in an era of disruption: Where does the Russia-Ukraine crisis go from here?

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

FILE PHOTO: A Russian service member is seen atop a T-72B3 main battle tank during military drills at the Kadamovsky range in the Rostov region, Russia December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov/File Photo

After US-Russia, NATO-Russia, and OSCE meetings, what next?

Thursday, January 13, 2022

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attend security talks at the United States Mission in Geneva, Switzerland January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Around the halls: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the European security order

Pavel K. Baev, Jessica Brandt, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Samantha Gross, Daniel S. Hamilton, Marvin Kalb, Patricia M. Kim, Kemal Kirişci, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Steven Pifer, Melanie W. Sisson, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Angela Stent

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a military exhibition before an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia December 21, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Russia’s draft agreements with NATO and the United States: Intended for rejection?

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Service members of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in artillery drills at a shooting range in an unknown location in eastern Ukraine, in this handout picture released December 17, 2021. Picture released December 17, 2021. Press Service of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

Does the Kremlin understand Ukraine? Apparently not

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with the country's service members at the combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels on the Day of the Armed Forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine December 6, 2021. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

Will Russia launch a full military invasion of Ukraine?

Steven Pifer and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, December 16, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 3, 2021: Russia's President Vladimir Putin is seen in his office in the Kremlin as he chairs a videoconference meeting of permanent members of the Russian Security Council. Mikhail Metzel/POOL/TASS.

What Biden should say to Putin on Ukraine

Monday, December 6, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 11, 2021: Russias President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Tokyo 2020 medalists at the Moscow Kremlin. Alexei Druzhinin/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS.No use Russia.

Will Putin miscalculate?

Monday, November 22, 2021

U.S. successfully conducts SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test against an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Target The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Finn (DDG-113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer, intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii, Nov. 16 At approximately 7:50 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time, (12:50 a.m., Nov. 17, Eastern Standard Time), the ICBM-representative target was launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, located on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, toward the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii. In this developmental test, the destroyer used engage-on-remote capabilities through the Command and Control Battle Management Communications (C2BMC) network as part of a defense of Hawaii scenario. After receiving tracking data from the C2BMC system, the destroyer launched a SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which destroyed the target.Where: Hawaii, United StatesWhen: 16 Nov 2020Credit: MDA/Cover-Images.com**VIDEOS AVAIL & MORE WORDS: INFO@COVERMG.COM**

Missile defense and the offense-defense relationship

Andrey Baklitskiy, James Cameron, and Steven Pifer

October 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron take part in the final session of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall in Britain, June 13, 2021. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — October 2021

Thursday, October 21, 2021