GABRIELLA CALDER

Analytics Intern at Snake Island Institute's Unmanned Systems & Robotics Department and Research Assistant at the CDA Institute.Research focus: European security, NATO deterrence and defense, Russian military capabilities, and the evolving character of modern warfare.

• “Building Europe’s “drone wall”: Embracing and scaling cheap defensive technologies,” for the European Leadership Network (DEC 2025)

• "After Ukraine: Reordering Power in the Caucasus," for Forbes Georgia (DEC 2025)

• "Eastern Flank Security Requires Agile American Support," for RealClearDefense (DEC 2025)

• "Why Didn’t Georgian Dream Fall?," for the Eastern Neighborhood Bulletin (DEC 2025)

• "The PRC and Russia Are Exporting a New Model of Surveillance State," for Forbes Georgia (OCT 2025)

• "In Moldova, a Critical Test of Russian Influence Efforts and Pro-European Politics," for the Eastern Neighborhood Bulletin (SEPT 2025)

• "Narratives as Borders: Assessing Russia’s Strategy of Psychological Occupation," for the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (AUG 2025)

• "Strategic Autonomy?: Understanding Georgia’s Foreign Policy Realignment," for Forbes Georgia (JUL 2025)

• “Democracy Is Never A Guarantee:” Georgia’s Young Protesters on the Frontlines Against Russian Disinformation," for the NATO Association of Canada (MAY 2025)

• "The Global War Party: Anti-Western Rhetoric in the 2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections," for the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (OCT 2024)

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