The current conflict over Ukraine is the latest installment in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s effort to reprise his country’s nineteenth-century imperial glory days. To ground imperial ambitions in old national myths is as dangerous in Russia’s case as it is everywhere else – and the main casualty could be Russia itself. Read More Here
The Biden administration is in talks with economic powerhouses in Asia to gain their support for severe sanctions and export control packages against Russia as tensions mount over Russian troops deploying to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Read More Here
Few events in modern diplomatic history have astounded the world as much as Nixon’s visit to China. Only Egyptian president Anwar Sadat’s official visit to Israel in November 1977, which ended the diplomatic boycott of Israel that existed since its foundation in 1948, can be compared to it. Read More Here
America’s rapprochement with China, 50 years ago this month, isolated the former Soviet Union at a time when its economic foundation was starting to crumble. Today, there can be little doubt that China has revived triangulation as a strategic gambit – or that this time America is the one being triangulated. Read More Here
Despite facing looming security threats in Pakistan, China has taken a 15-year extension of its leasing rights on a gold and copper mine project in restive Balochistan province, an area that saw militant terrorist attacks on army bases in recent days. Read More Here
Xi is promoting a new vision to tackle long-standing problems like the rural-urban divide, food security, and poverty. Read More Here
Perhaps the most stunning rapprochement has been between the UAE and Turkey — few saw that one coming. The two were pitted against each other in almost every regional conflict for the better part of the past decade and found themselves on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. Read More Here
The treaty process will get underway amid two competing perspectives. The first is a near universal view that something should be done to increase global cooperation on cybercrime and create a shared understanding of the issues…The second outlook is mistrust among states around the motivations for a global treaty, which colours the entire process. Read More Here
India’s decision to stay away from commenting on the Ukraine issue at last week’s Quad foreign ministers’ meeting in Melbourne should come as no surprise. It is in keeping with the stance it adopted at the United Nations Security Council, when it abstained on a vote on the Ukraine issue. Read More Here
It is no secret that the Biden administration is hoping to recalibrate and “deprioritize” America’s focus on the Middle East. For domestic and foreign proponents of such a strategic shift, this is welcome news. However, America’s partners in the region are still unclear as to what this means in practice. Read More Here
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