Elisabeth Braw

Elisabeth Braw is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and the author of "Goodbye Globalization."

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An illustration of geopolitical words from 2024: Anchor-dragging-ATACMS, Lavender, P&I clubs, Autogolpe, gallium and germanium.

New Geopolitical Words We Learned in 2024
Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
People fish on the ice-covered Gulf of Finland in front of a warship in St. Petersburg on Dec. 26, 2023.

The Baltic Sea’s Bad Actors
Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessel (unseen) off the coast of Denmark, on Nov. 20.

Will Denmark Expose Chinese-Russian Sabotage in the Baltic?
Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
Houthi fighters sit with heavy machine guns atop a vehicle.

Russia Is Running an Undeclared War on Western Shipping
Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is seen from the shoulders upward as he attends an art gallery opening. Bout is a man in his 50s with brown hair and a thick mustache, wearing a dark gray blazer over a black T-shirt. Large photographs hang from the gallery walls behind him.

Russia’s Most Infamous Arms Dealer Is Backing Maritime Terror
Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
Visitors stand at an exhibit at the InnoTrans fair, an international industry platform for buyers and sellers of passenger and freight transport technology, in Berlin.

Germany Is Hardening Its Supply Chains Against Chinese Control
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Elisabeth Braw
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson kneels at a makeshift memorial near the center of Skaerholmen.

Hired Teen Hitmen Test Limits of Swedish Justice
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Boats are moored in a Swedish harbor.

A Fight Is Brewing Over Chinese Money in Norway
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A fighter jet kicks up dust behind it as it moves along a highway. A fence and grass is seen in the foreground with trees and grass behind.

Old MacJohan Had a Fighter Jet
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Finnish and Swedish units simulate a naval attack. Swedish and Finnish Amphibious Forces Take Part In NATO Military Drill “Baltops 22” In Stockholm Archipelago on June 11, 2022.

Is Russia Trying to Poison Finland’s Water?
Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
Maria Butina (center), who served time in a U.S. jail for acting as a Russian government agent, arrives at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on Oct. 26, 2019, a day after her release from prison.

Stop Wasting Captured Spies
Argument
Elisabeth Braw
Britain's new Defense Secretary John Healey leaves 10 Downing Street in London on July 5.

What Does a Labour Win Mean for U.K. Defense Policy?
Analysis
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A crate with 16 charges in the packaging area of a production line at a powders and explosives plant.

It’s Time to Learn How to Blow Things Up Again
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Elisabeth Braw
Lithuanian troops take part in the Lithuanian-Polish joint military exercise "Brave Griffin 24/II" in Lithuania on April 26.

Europe Needs Forts Again
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Elisabeth Braw
Graduating students attend the Columbia University 2016 Commencement ceremony in New York on May 18, 2016.

When Knowledge Stops at the Water’s Edge
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