The “Foreign Agent” Law in Russia: A New Cold War on Journalists
Read: Russia in the Middle East: From Arms to MercenariesFor the sake of fairness, it’s worth comparing the implications of the “foreign agent” law in the United States.
Pakistan and Afghanistan: Keeping India and the US at Bay
not only left the mess in Afghanistan for Pakistan, but to add salt to injury, Pakistan was sanctioned by the United States.
Why Iran Is Concerned with Taliban 2.0
Iran had played a vital role in overthrowing the Taliban in 2001 by sharing key intelligence input with the United States and showing its full support for the Northern Alliance, the main group opposing the Taliban.
Will AUKUS Be Able to Encircle China?
In response, Australia, United Kingdom and the United States have formulated the AUKUS security alliance to challenge what it and its Asian allies, including India, South Korea and Japan, perceive to be an increasingly militaristic and hyper-aggressive China.
Five Prominent Challenges for the Taliban
The Taliban and the economy
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that Afghanistan faces a dramatic humanitarian crisis.
The Crimean Platform: Winners, Losers, and Bystanders
Read: Will the United States Contain Russia or China, or Both?Yet, Russia refrained from any dialogue on the subject, firmly stating that Russia’s “sovereignty” over Crimea is undeniable and will not be a matter of discussion.
How to Read Russian Expansionism in Africa
This has also put Egypt's relations with its traditional ally, the United States, at risk.
China-US Rivalries after the Afghan War
As the Great Game between the United States and China unfolds on a global scale, it seems both ironic and fitting that our attention should return to a land that has endured so many deadly dances between Great Powers and ruined empires.
‘America is back’; So What? On Why the United States is Losing the World
“Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business,” Goldberg wrote, quoting Ledeen.
US-Indonesia Maritime Collaboration in the South China Sea: Harbinger of an Expanded Quad-Plus?
Read: Will the United States Contain Russia or China, or Both?A two-fold perspective underscores the mutual interests and logic behind U.
GCC-Damascus Rapprochement Can Pit Syria Against Turkey Even Further
ollowing the First Gulf War, the foreign ministers of Syria, Egypt, and the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), met in Damascus and agreed on a new security cooperation initiative for the Gulf which came to be known as the “Damascus Declaration.
Why Is Turkey Involving Itself in Post-US Afghanistan?
he United States is preparing to leave Afghanistan soon and "from the moment they leave, the only reliable country to maintain the process over there is obviously Turkey," stated President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the recent NATO summit in Brussels.
EU-China Trade Deal: Where Does the US Stand?
Following the freeze of the deal, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom joined the E.
China in the Balkans: More than Infrastructure Projects
The United States, as the major global power, traditionally has the last say in the coal-rich region.
The Great Reconfiguration of Global Supply Chains
also formed the Quad group consisting of the United States, Australia, Japan, and India to steer them away from falling heavily under Chinese influence.
Russia’s Lebanese Matryoshka Doll
Read: Hezbollah’s Spying Games Amidst Lebanon’s DemiseRussia, formerly the supreme state in the Soviet Union, was dominant in the Lebanese political scene especially during the Civil War (1975-1990); however, with the collapse of communism it has struggled to regain its position which is partly dominated by the United States and partly by Iran via its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah.
What the Return of Mercenaries Means for the World Politics
A few years later, he writes in his book The Prince, that mercenaries are: “disunited, ambitious, without discipline, unfaithful; gallant among friends, vile among enemies; no fear of God, no faith with men.
An Axis of Evil: Why Russia and China Protect Myanmar’s Military Regime
Alongside China, Putin’s Russia has also proven to be a fully reliable veto-protector at the United Nations Security Council when it comes even to non-binding resolutions around the egregious and pervasive human rights crimes of the Myanmar military, from war crimes and crimes against humanity in the ethnic minority regions of Northern and Eastern Myanmar to the full-blown genocide against Rohingyas in Western Myanmar.
Russia-Ukraine Crisis: War at the Door or Another Russian Roar?
Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States with a desire to contain Russia and China, contrary to his predecessor Donald Trump who is widely criticized for doing nothing to block Russia’s growing influence.
France’s Endless War in the Sahel
The E2I now includes Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, whose defense commitments are unaffected by Brexit.
