Social and Political Unrest

The Threat of White Supremacist Foreign Fighters to U.S. National Security

A growing movement of foreign fighters to Ukraine has attracted considerable numbers of white supremacist group members, many from the U.S. What does this mean for U.S. national security?   In 2017, James Fields rammed a car into a crowd of counterprotesters at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring […]

Guest op-ed: How Russia exports homophobia into Ukraine

During the Euromaidan protests, Russia deliberately stoked anti-LGBT bigotry in Ukraine as part of a campaign to delegitimate Western values and keep Ukraine in Russia’s sphere of influence. These deliberate attacks must be publicized and taken seriously by the United States and others. If they aren’t, Russia will continue to sow division within and among democratic nations.