Compared to 2019, China formulated an ambitious foreign policy agenda to serve its strategic and national interests abroad in 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Beijing was able to advance its… read more →
On September 21, 2020, a South Korean civil servant got lost near Yeonpyeongdo and was later found dead. South Korean Defense Ministry stated during the September 24th briefing that the civil servant’s body was burned using flammable oil by the North Korean naval guards. Earlier in 2010, North Korea shelled the same area, killing 2 marines and 2 civilians.
Despite the mounting evidence of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s arrant enmity against the West and the regime’s adoption of regional insecurity as a de facto state policy, the Washington establishment remains hesitant to call a spade a spade and punish Ankara for the mayhem it has generated in all directions, counter to the U.S. regional interests. No less worrisome is the influence of the “blame America first” apologists in Washington who exonerate Turkey and go as far as to accuse the U.S. of the deteriorated relationship with the country that is an ally only in name.
Following the meeting of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka with Vladimir Putin on September 14 in Sochi, one might get the impression that the Russian leader fully supported his counterpart amid the ongoing mass protests in Belarus. In particular, Putin confirmed his commitment to provide Minsk with a $1.5 billion loan and reiterated his recognition of Lukashenka as the legitimate president of Belarus. In turn, the Belarusian president again tried to demonstrate his loyalty to Moscow and to the ideas of the “allied states” of Belarus and Russia.
Introduction Turkey is a significant regional player whose posturing cannot be overlooked in the context of the Syrian civil war. Turkey and Syria both share a border, having had a… read more →
Russia – in the long run – is in decline and should rethink its policies towards the Former Soviet Union.
BY ERIK KHZMALYAN & ARMEN V. SAHAKYAN For the first time in its history, the United States is facing a situation where it has to deal with three simultaneously rising… read more →
BY DANIEL ROSSELL-EVANS Shanghai Cooperation Organization Introduction The end of this year’s G7 Summit in Canada provoked images of an alliance divided, with key partners airing their grievances in public.… read more →
BY STEVEN M. LUBER Introduction “It is a profound honor to stand in this city, by this monument to the Warsaw Uprising, and to address the Polish nation that so… read more →
BY SEAN CROWLEY Following the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the United States moved to fill the security vacuum left in the post-communist… read more →