Taiwan has always played a vital role in strategic thinking on the defense of Japan and of the U.S.’s position in the western Pacific. As part of the “first island chain” that circles the Chinese coast, Taiwan would be geopolitically priceless to Beijing if under... MORE

During the last several years, the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) have undergone important changes in organization as well as the procurement of equipment—a process that is by no means complete. For the foreseeable future, the VDV is set to expand the number of units and... MORE

The Jamestown Foundation is proud to announce the addition of two new associates to its team. Janusz Bugajski, a renowned expert on Russia, Europe, the Balkans and trans-Atlantic relations who has published several books with Jamestown, joins the foundation as a Senior Fellow. Jacob Zenn, Senior Fellow on... MORE

Western responses to Russian disinformation have been weak and uncoordinated. Most democratic countries have relied on defensive measures, such as media literacy programs and pressure on social networks. Jamestown Senior Fellow Thomas Kent proposes energetic new efforts to expose Russian narratives and to promote democratic... MORE

With deep sadness, The Jamestown Foundation marks the passing of Brent Scowcroft, a world-renowned expert of international affairs and the former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. General Scowcroft was a member of The Jamestown Foundation's Board of Directors from... MORE

The Jamestown Foundation is happy to announce the launch of a new website: Stealth War. Based upon the strategic insights offered by Jamestown Board Member Brigadier General (ret.) Robert Spalding in his best-selling book, Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elites Slept, this new website will be a compendium... MORE

On June 29, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo cited the Jamestown Foundation's most recent research report by Dr. Adrian Zenz, titled “Sterilizations, IUDs, and Mandatory Birth Control: The CCP’s Campaign to Suppress Uyghur Birth Rates in Xinjiang,” in an official statement: The world received disturbing reports... MORE

Dr. Adrian Zenz is one of the world’s leading scholars on People’s Republic of China (PRC) government policies towards the country’s western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. Research performed by Dr. Zenz in 2017-2018 played a significant role in bringing to light the Chinese government’s... MORE

On May 21, 2007, a day regarded as Circassian Memorial Day by the Circassian Diaspora, the Jamestown Foundation hosted a one day conference entitled: The Circassians: Past, Present, and Future.  Participating in that event were some of the world's leading experts on the North Caucasus... MORE

Yesterday, April 8, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation declared The Jamestown Foundation an “undesirable” organization, ostensibly in response to a series of articles published by Jamestown regarding nationalities trends in the Northwest Caucasus. The Russian authorities claim that Jamestown’s reporting and analysis... MORE