Geopolitics

Indo-European Rapprochement and the Competing Multilateral Geopolitics

Alexandr Petrosyan, Modern Diplomacy EU | Photo by EU Science Hub Indo-European rapprochement, which attempts to challenge Chinese global...

China Is Using Vaccines To Push Its Agenda In Latin America, and the U.S. Is Behind the Curve

Dan De Luce, NBC News | Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash China is using Covid-19 vaccines to push its political and trade agenda...

The Innovation Wars- America’s Eroding Technological Advantage

Christopher Darby & Sarah Sewall, Foreign Affairs | Since the early days of the Cold War, the United States has led the world in...

Red Flags: Triaging China's Projects in the Western Balkans

Center for Strategic International Studies| This report, the third in a series on Chinese economic activities in the Western Balkans,...

The rivalry between America and China will hinge on South-East Asia

The Economist| During their 45-year feud, America and the Soviet Union fought proxy battles all across the world. But the cold war was at...

China’s ‘No 1 document’: Beijing steps up focus on food security

Aljazeera| China will put greater pressure on its regions to boost grain yields and step up support for its domestic seed industry as it...

Euro-Mediterranean Assembly hears calls for Support for Food Security in the Mediterranean

Antoinette Tyrrell, European Views| A plenary session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), today heard calls...

Japan Is the New Leader of Asia’s Liberal Order

Chang Che, Foreign Affairs | Over the last decade, and especially over the last four years, Japan has emerged as a quiet leader in the...

US says it is willing to sit down for talks with Iran and other nations on nuclear deal

Jennifer Hansler, Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN | In a significant move to jumpstart diplomacy, the Biden administration said ...

Russia, China to sign agreement on international lunar research station

Andrew Jones, SpaceNews | Russia is preparing to sign a memorandum of understanding with China to cooperate on a vision for an...

Norway, the UK and Canada are not climate champions. They are climate hypocrites

Ivana Kottasová, CNN| Much of the environmental innovation that Norway is so proud of is financed by its oil money. Because Norway, apart...

North Korea–Iran missile cooperation is reason for ambitious diplomacy

Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies | Fresh reports of missile cooperation between North Korea and Iran...

The Biden Administration Should Prevent an ‘Atrocity Famine’ in Yemen

Jennie Sowers and Erika Weinthal, Foreign Policy | The UN has labeled Yemen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. After declaring an end...

U.S. must lift curbs before Iran rejoins deal: Khamenei cites 'final' stance

Parisa Hafezi - Reuters | Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Tehran’s “final and irreversible” decision was...

Former Trump diplomat warns of rising Russian influence in Middle East

Ray Hanania, Arab News | James F. Jeffrey, now chairman of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, said...

Three Solutions to Biden’s Nuclear Stalemate with Iran

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj & Sahil Shah, Politico| Joe Biden has promised for months to reverse Donald Trump’s policy on Iran, saying Trump...

Heightened tensions between three Asian nuclear powers

Myra MacDonald, Chatham House| All three of these frontlines are becoming more volatile. An India-Pakistan ceasefire on the Line of...

Biden’s Asian Triangle

Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Project Syndicate| The Japan-US alliance remains popular in both countries, which need each other more than ever....

The Limits of the EU-China Investment Agreement

Daniel Gros, Project Syndicate| The new EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment will eventually be judged by its implementation...

Climate Change on US Security and Geopolitics

John R. Allen for Brookings Institution| The Brookings Institution lays out a number of direct effects that a rapidly changing climate...

North Korea could become one of Biden’s biggest challenges — and not just because of its nukes

Victor Cha - The Washington Post| In the past, the Kim's regime drew attention to itself with provocations involving missiles and nuclear...

Russia’s Losing Bet on China in a Post-COVID World

Nicholas Trickett, The Diplomat | China’s economic maturation into a consumer economy is a gut punch to Russia’s economic model. While...

The geopolitics of the European Green Deal

ECFR | The European Green Deal will have profound geopolitical repercussions, some of which are likely to have an adverse impact on the...

The Inescapable Continuum: US Force and Diplomacy into the Biden Era

Roby Barrett, Manara Magazine| The election of President Joseph Biden brought an audible sigh of relief from the foreign policy...

The ageing of the guard in Putin’s Russia

Matthew Sussex, The Interpreter | The Russian government’s recent violent crackdowns against protesters across the nation trod a...

Decade of patience: How China became a power in the Western Balkans

Vladimir Shopov, ECFR | China has become the most prominent third actor in the Western Balkans. The country’s activities are spread...

How Joe Biden Hopes to Shift U.S. Policy in the Middle East

Kirsten Fontenrose, National Interest | The Middle East is the only major region of the world not mentioned by name in the “Restore and...

Biden’s pause on Gulf weapons sales foreshadows a tougher U.S.-Saudi relationship

Natasha Turak, CNBC | The administration of President Joe Biden is pausing weapons sales to Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...

Food Insecurity Crises at Home and Abroad: Why Biden Must Lead on Both

Caitlin Welsh, CSIS | The coronavirus pandemic will have caused the most severe global food security crisis in recent history. How the...

What to do – and what not to do – in the Middle East

Tamara Cofman Wittes, Brookings | For over a decade, the United States has sought to wind down the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, reduce...

Cyber Doctrines and the Risk of Nuclear Crisis Instability. Russian and Chinese Use of Proxies

CFR | For Russia, it has been longstanding practice for the state security service (FSB) and military intelligence (GRU) to employ cyber...

What can we expect from Joe Biden in the Middle East and in North Africa?

Pierre Razoux, Fondation Méditerranéenne d'Ëtudes Stratégiques| Even if his style will be more welcoming, there is no doubt that Joe...

Poverty, Conflict and Political–Economic Crisis in a Fragile Iraq

Zeinab F. Shuker, EPC | Iraq’s economic outlook has rapidly deteriorated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many years,...

What MENA leaders should expect from the Biden administration

David Mack, Atlantic Council | During a Joe Biden administration, wise leaders of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region would do...

Joe Biden and counter-terrorism in Africa: more of the same?

Akinola Olojo, Insititute for Security Studies | President Joe Biden’s promise to restore the US’ global relations and alliances renews...

What Biden Should Know About North Korea’s New Nuclear Plans

Ankit Panda, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace| North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs have continued despite the pandemic....

Trade Can Drive a Revived U.S. Strategy in Asia

Alexander Feldman, Foreign Policy | U.S. relations with Asia have been hobbled by outgoing President Donald Trump’s isolationism, which...

A Complex Inheritance: Transitioning to a New Approach on China

Scott Kennedy, CSIS | The incoming Biden administration will inherit four major crises—the pandemic, climate change, racial injustice,...

Sensing change in Washington, China is mustering allies at the UN

The Economist | When america withdrew from the un Human Rights Council in 2018, China expressed regret. No one bought it. The forum deals...

MENA Unbound: Ten Years after the Arab Spring, Avoiding Another Lost Decade

Ferid Belhaj, World Bank | The “Arab Spring” led to the fall of governments in Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. But as we now know, the wave...

International Donors Are Complicit in Middle Eastern Elites’ Game

David Linfield, Carnegie | By pushing economic liberalization in the Middle East without requiring transparency and fighting corruption,...

The war between Silicon Valley and Washington takes a new turn

Nancy Scola, Politico | The takedown of President Donald Trump's Twitter account marks an assertion of power by an online industry that...

A China Strategy to Reunite America's Allies

Peter Trubowitz & Charles Kupchan /Chatham House America’s relationships with its core democratic partners are set to rebound...

Global Perceptions of China, Russia, and the United States: The International Scorecard

Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS | Recent Pew and Gallup polls sound strong warnings that the U.S. has seen a major reduction in partner and...

Europe After Brexit

Sigmar Gabriel /Project Syndicate While remaining wary of geopolitics, Germany has been carrying its weight on internal EU political...

Want to defeat COVID-19? Empower your diplomats

The Hill | Diplomats negotiate bilateral and multilateral arrangements, like the Global Health Security Agenda, represent America in the...

Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2021?

Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Policy Research Institute | The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways. Just three days into the year, U.S....

How Biden Can Rebuild a Divided and Distrustful Nation?

Isabel Sawhill, Foreign Affairs | Americans have a new president but not a new country. The United States remains sharply divided: more...

India changes attitude toward multilateral mechanisms for its global ambitions

Hu Shisheng, Global Times | On the one hand, New Delhi hopes to become a leading force to reshape the current international order. On the...

China's rise as a global security actor: implications for NATO

Meia Nouwens & Helena Legarda /International Institute for Strategic Studies In December 2019, for the first time, NATO leaders...