Security

Is Aleksandr Lukashenko Untouchable? How Mounting Political Pressure Motivated Belarus’s Dictator President to Engineer a Migrant Crisis in the EU

On December 6th, 1991, Belarus and 14 other independent states emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Belarus hosted its first presidential election in 1994, where 39-year old Aleksandr Lukashenko won with 45.8% of the votes in the first round and 80.6% of the votes in the second round. The populist rose to fame […]

Rebalancing the Interagency: Stability Operations with Department of State and Department of Defense

The current framework for stability operations of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of State (DoS) outlines the appropriate division of labor between military and civilian agencies, but the ability to implement such divisions primarily rests with the executive branch. Due to its size and funding levels, DoD has not only adhered to its […]

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