Why does China neither endorse nor condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war? The answer lies in what has become the first principle of Chinese foreign policy: distrust of the United States. Read More Here
The rare confluence of geopolitical, economic, and technological forces now confronting the world may reverberate for generations. Read More Here
As Russian forces press their advantage in Ukraine’s east, the Western maximum-pressure campaign against the Kremlin faces its toughest test yet. Read More Here
The West and Ukraine can offer Moscow superficial gains as an incentive to withdraw while working to entrench the image of Russian failure and weaken Putin’s political position. Read More Here
The war isn’t only rippling through South Ossetia. Elsewhere in the traditionally restive Caucasus, signs of discontent with Putin’s war have emerged as well. For now, however, the Kremlin and its local proxies are still in firm control. Read More Here
Offering the Russian president a face-saving compromise will only enable future aggression. Read More Here
Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports is strangling the country’s economy and also threatening to spark a global food security crisis by preventing Ukrainian agricultural exports from reaching international markets. Unless this issue is addressed, it will cause famine around the world in the coming months. Read More Here
Uneasy with both Russia’s invasion and Western sanctions, India is even more convinced that it must diversify its technology partnerships and develop more homegrown capabilities. Read More Here
The terrible war that is raging at NATO’s eastern gates for the sovereign state of Ukraine has shed light on what could happen when countries develop a high degree of dependency on another country. Read More Here
Five years ago, many analysts predicted that the era of military coups in West Africa had come to an end. But three in the last two years have raised troubling questions about the fate of democracy in the region. Read More Here
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