U.S.-Taiwanese trade talks. Taiwan and the U.S. formally restarted talks on a free trade deal. China, meanwhile, continues to lag on meeting its purchase commitments made in the “phase one” trade deal with the U.S. reached in early 2020. Concern about Russian drills. During a visit to a military base in Hokkaido, Japanese Defense Minister […]
Diplomacy by other means. U.S. forces in Syria and Iraq are bracing for Iran-backed militias’ response to recent U.S. airstrikes along the Iraqi-Syrian border....
Breakthrough in subsidies dispute. The United States and European Union agreed on a cease-fire in their 17-year battle over subsidies for Boeing and Airbus,...
Speed bumps on the road to recovery. The European Central Bank released its biannual Financial Stability Review on Wednesday, which laid out some of...
Background: Russia historically sees Central Asia as sitting within its sphere of influence, both economically and militarily. The region’s post-Soviet states, however, value their...
Meeting in the works. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. They discussed North...
Israeli-Palestinian crisis. The Israeli air force said it destroyed at least 500 targets in Gaza and killed Hamas intelligence figures, including the head of...
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, five independent states were formed in Central Asia, the boundaries of which were artificially established...
Russia checks in on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Armenia on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan....
While Russia was grabbing attention with its buildup and withdrawal of military forces along its western border with Ukraine, it was making a different,...
Bypassing China. Australia, India and Japan formally launched a so-called Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, an effort to present a supply chain alternative to China...
