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# Institute for the Study of War

> ISW is a non\-partisan, non\-profit, public policy research organization that advances an informed understanding of military affairs\.

## Pages
- [Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment](https://understandingwar.org/analysis/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment/)
- [China \& Taiwan](https://understandingwar.org/analysis/china-taiwan/)
- [Russia \& Ukraine](https://understandingwar.org/analysis/russia-ukraine/)
- [Home](https://understandingwar.org/)
- [Adversary Entente](https://understandingwar.org/analysis/adversary-entente/)

## Research
- [Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 8, 2025](https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-8-2025/)
- [Iran Update, December 8, 2025](https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-december-8-2025/)
- [Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 7, 2025](https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-7-2025/)
- [Iran Update, December 5, 2025](https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-december-5-2025/)
- [Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 5, 2025](https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-5-2025/)

## Maps
- [Zangezur Corridor December 8, 2025](https://understandingwar.org/map/zangezur-corridor-december-8-2025/)
- [Newly Tested Iranian Missile Range from the Persian Gulf, December 8, 2025](https://understandingwar.org/map/newly-tested-iranian-missile-range-from-the-persian-gulf-december-8-2025/)
- [Assessed Control of Terrain in the Kostyantynivka\-Druzhkivka Tactical Area, December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM ET](https://understandingwar.org/map/assessed-control-of-terrain-in-the-kostyantynivka-druzhkivka-tactical-area-december-8-2025-at-130-pm-et/)
- [Assessed Control of Terrain in the Kharkiv Direction, December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM ET](https://understandingwar.org/map/assessed-control-of-terrain-in-the-kharkiv-direction-december-8-2025-at-130-pm-et/)
- [Assessed Control of Terrain in Luhansk Oblast, December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM ET](https://understandingwar.org/map/assessed-control-of-terrain-in-luhansk-oblast-december-8-2025-at-130-pm-et/)

## Newsroom
- [Kyiv Independent: No, Russian soldiers in Ukraine are not being forced to fight against their will](https://understandingwar.org/newsroom/kyiv-independent-no-russian-soldiers-in-ukraine-are-not-being-forced-to-fight-against-their-will/)
- [DW: Why Ukraine wants, and Russia fears, Tomahawk missiles](https://understandingwar.org/newsroom/dw-why-ukraine-wants-and-russia-fears-tomahawk-missiles/)
- [Defense News: In rain and mud, French artillery unit shows lessons from Ukraine war](https://understandingwar.org/newsroom/defense-news-in-rain-and-mud-french-artillery-unit-shows-lessons-from-ukraine-war/)
- [ISW Backgrounder: Phase Two – Holding Marjah](https://understandingwar.org/newsroom/new-isw-backgrounder-phase-two-holding-marjah/): ISW announces the second installment in a series of reports on Operation Moshtarak with a play\-by\-play analysis of the NATO effort in Helmand\. 
- [The I Paper: Putin's 'phase zero' \- and what he could do next, according to experts](https://understandingwar.org/newsroom/the-i-paper-putins-phase-zero-and-what-he-could-do-next-according-to-experts/)

## People
- [Eliana Ornelas](https://understandingwar.org/people/eliana-ornelas/)
- [Madeline Shaffer](https://understandingwar.org/people/madeline-shaffer/)
- [Denzel Nhunhama](https://understandingwar.org/people/denzel-nhunhama/)
- [Andrew Becht](https://understandingwar.org/people/andrew-becht/)
- [Stefaniia Bern](https://understandingwar.org/people/stefaniia-bern/)