Jeb Bush, Miami Herald
Under the illegitimate rule of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has grown closer than ever to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Absent a robust response from President Biden to isolate both regimes from each other economically and militarily, Venezuela may become a forward operating base in the Western Hemisphere for Iranian forces to undermine U.S. national security.
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Ruchir Sharma, FT
The link between the country's growth and other economies started to loosen before the pandemic
David Uren, ASPI
China's system of bankrolling its state companies may be entrenching great inefficiency in its economy but has delivered it unchallenged dominance in the critical minerals required for advanced technologies. Separate investigations by the New York ...
Jonathan Masters, CFR
Dmitry Trenin, Moscow Times
Opinion | Russia needs to decide what it wants from the Indian connection.
Leonid Bershidsky, Japan Times
It would be reasonable to assume that Putin is weighing some kind of sudden onslaught scenario in case his "red line" in relation to Ukraine is crossed.
Steven Pifer, Brookings
Ahead of a call between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin taking place as Russia has troops massed on its border with Ukraine, Steven Pifer lays out what the American president should tell his Russian counterpart to deter conflict.
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker
Zemmour, whose high-pitched, sharp-chinned pugnacity seems distinctly anti-charismatic, is often called the French Trump, presumably because he became nationally famous as a television personality before turning to elective politics. He has also published a couple of best-selling books: "The French Suicide," in 2014, and, in September, "France Has Not Said Its Final Word." But the comparison is mostly misleading, not least because the only thing that Zemmour despises...
S. Hamrah & A. Eliasen, The Diplomat
The Iran-Iraq war kickstarted the China-Iran partnership. Understanding that history provides valuable context for the relationship today.
Gorana Grgic, War on the Rocks
Whenever political instability looms in the Balkans, the habitual response is to call for more E.U. and U.S. engagement. Like many War on the Rocks authors before me, I too have been guilty of penning pieces that presented Western attention as the best hope for charting a productive way forward in the region.