GPF Team

Germany needs Poland’s help, if it isn’t already too late.

Turkey-US relationship cloudy, South Korea dials back military drills, financial moves ahead of Brexit

Iran’s strategy in Iraq is to gradually exercise greater control over Iraqi state institutions.

The United States has always had a peculiar relationship with just about every country in the Western Hemisphere that isn’t Canada. The reasons for this go back as far as the Monroe Doctrine, of course, but the Cold War – and the associated coups and insurgencies etc. – left an indelible mark on the ways these countries interact with one another. After Jacob Shapiro and Cole Altom take a look at the week ahead, Allison Fedirka stops by to discuss why this is the case. Sign up here for free updates on topics like this.

The Russian leader understands that the appearance of weakness is more dangerous than the weakness itself.