What Kim Really Wanted When Meeting Putin
North Korea’s sanctioned nuclear weapon and missile programs are at an inflection point and can use all the Russian help they can get. Read More Here
Category: Diplomacy
The Roots of the Global South’s New Resentment
How rich countries’ selfish pandemic responses stoked distrust. Read More Here
Will India’s G-20 Summit Succeed?
New Delhi’s global clout and Modi’s personal brand are riding on the annual meeting, but consensus may prove elusive. Read More Here
The Return of the Global South
Realism, Not Moralism, Drives a New Critique of Western Power. Read More Here
Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan might be an Islamist autocrat with a short fuse, but when it comes to Turkey’s role in the world, he is nothing if not practical. Read More Here
America and China Are on a Collision Course
The G7 countries may have set out to deter China without escalating the new cold war, but the perception in Beijing suggests that they failed to thread the needle at their recent summit in Hiroshima. It is now clear to all that the United States, its allies, and any partners they can recruit are committed […]
America’s Oldest Ally: Having the Croissant and Eating it Too
It has long been national interest, rather than high-minded idealism, that has driven French foreign policy—including its reliance on American military might. Read More Here
Is a New Russia-China-India Bloc Forming in the East?
Putin’s grand plans hinge on an India-China thaw. Can he convince Xi to ease tensions with India? Read More Here
Mind The Middle Powers
Today, the ambitions and risk-taking of a jostling, often increasingly assertive crowd of middle powers seeking a larger voice in world politics is causing widespread turbulence in the global system as well as new challenges for U.S. statecraft. Read More Here
U.S.-Russian Relations Can Still Get Worse
Over the past year, Russia has torn down the last vestiges of cooperation with the West, most ominously with regard to nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. Read More Here
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