For Russia’s Africa strategy, the most critical soft-power attraction is Russia as an assertive but pragmatic actor; the West must counter Russian soft power operations in Africa by supporting democratic and human rights initiatives.

Germany’s intelligence estimates are worth investigating when examining the current conflict through the context of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, and whether or not Berlin miscalculated or was deceived by the Kremlin.

Germany’s intelligence estimates are worth investigating when examining the current conflict through the context of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, and whether or not Berlin miscalculated or was deceived by the Kremlin.

Patrick Radden Keefe hosts a podcast series that aims to connect the CIA with a heavy metal band, where the agency purportedly wrote the lyrics to one of their most popular songs in a soft power effort to topple the Soviet Union.

Germany is reevaluating its museum collections, specifically ones with colonial connections, and must answer the question: Who actually owns this artifact, and by what right does Germany get to keep it if its original transaction wasn’t fair?