China's Surprising Middle East Drone Sales
Bowman, Thompson & Brobst, FDD
The Biden administration plans to move...
Bowman, Thompson & Brobst, FDD
The Biden administration plans to move...
Keir Giles & Toomas Hendrik Ilves, CH
The persistent lack of response from the EU, NATO, or individual countries only convinces Russia it is free to carry out attacks across Europe with impunity.
D. Gartenstein-Ross et al, FPRI
When Islamist insurgents laid siege to the coastal town of Palma in gas-rich northeastern Mozambique on March 24, leaving dozens dead, including several foreigners, the story received international attention. The insurgency in Mozambique is being waged by a group...
Paul Goble, Jamestown
In advance of Russia's assumption of the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council in May, Moscow is calling on the United Nations to approve its claims to even more of the Arctic seabed, including territories also claimed by Denmark and Canada. Furthermore, President Vladimir Putin is pushing for the development of infrastructure along Russia's Arctic littoral to better position the country to exploit these areas if the UN recognizes Moscow's right to them... Читать дальше...
Elliot Waldman, World Politics Review
Last Friday's summit in Washington between President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide was one of the most closely watched diplomatic events of the year, for good reason. It was Biden's first in-person meeting with a foreign leader since taking office, having conducted most of his engagements virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our commitment to meet in person is indicative of the importance, the value we both place on this relationship,"... Читать дальше...
Filip Medunic, ECFR
In a future, states will likely become more transactional and try to force changes in behaviour from others in exchange for the use of a platform or supply chain.
Paul Melly & Ben Shepherd, Chatham House
The sudden end of the 30-year rule of President Idriss Déby Itno with his unexpected death leaves massive uncertainty hanging over the future of Chad itself.
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
The United States invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago, soon after the attack on Sept. 11, 2001. By 2008, then-President Barack Obama made it a point to disengage from what has become known as the Forever Wars. He failed. His successor, President Donald Trump, pledged likewise but failed all the same. President Joe Biden, too, has said the U.S. would withdraw, this time by the anniversary of the 9/11 attack.
Diego Cupolo, Al Monitor
US President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing to recognize the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as genocide Saturday in a move that could further strain troubled US-Turkey relations.