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The War Is Over, but No One Knows How to Stop Fighting

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It has been more than one and a half years since Russia launched its attack on Ukraine. The war has not gone as the...

Is Xi Jinping Worried About the Military?

Strange things are happening in China. Defense Minister Li Shangfu has disappeared from public view, only to be brought under investigation by Chinese authorities....

Turkey and Greece Extend Olive Branches

It was a busy week for Turkey’s representatives at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with...

Turkey Advances in the South Caucasus

Though his military forces are still in the process of absorbing Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met on Sept. 25 with his Turkish counterpart,...

Russia’s Defense Industry at a Crossroads

A year and a half since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces still have not achieved their main objectives and are now...

Russia Seals Its Southern Border

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Russia's focus currently is on its western front, in Ukraine and neighboring countries. There is, however, another front that concerns Russia: its southern border,...

A New EU Enlargement Proposal, Ukraine Edition

Last week, all eyes were on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, where an escalation of forces threatens to disrupt the tenuous equilibrium among Russia, the...

The Future of Israeli-Saudi Normalization

Over the past week, there have been conflicting reports on the status of Israeli-Saudi normalization talks. Last Sunday, London-based Elaph reported, citing an Israeli...

Uzbekistan’s Role in US Strategy for Central Asia

There are early signs that the United States is adopting a more strategic approach to the countries of Central Asia, nearly 32 years after...

The Demise of Francafrique

France’s colonial empire in West and Central Africa dissolved in the 1950s and 1960s, but Paris’ dominance remained. Through the unofficial policy of “Francafrique,”...

The Chinese Mystery

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Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has disappeared. Some reports say he was meeting with Vietnamese officials when he was escorted away, but according to...

The Gravity of Germany’s Economic Problems

Last week, the European Commission lowered its growth predictions in the eurozone for 2023 and 2024 – overwhelmingly because of poor economic indicators from...

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