Turkey is on a diplomatic offensive to justify a foreign policy that some believe is too friendly to too many. On Aug. 11, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said in an interview that Turkey’s NATO membership does not preclude it from developing relations with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. This comes roughly a month after Turkish […]
Imbalanced trade. India and Russia will try to rebalance their bilateral trade, which is currently tilted heavily in Moscow’s favor, Indian Commerce Minister Sunil...
After decades of dominating the state, Pakistan’s national security establishment has succumbed to the sort of political strife that has wracked the country throughout...
U.S. support for Kazakhstan. The U.S. is considering ways to help Kazakh businesses affected by Western sanctions against Russia find alternative markets, U.S. Ambassador...
It’s been two weeks since Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in Venezuela’s presidential election, and the country is poised only to destabilize further. Whereas Venezuela...
Low investor confidence. Withdraws of foreign direct investment in China reached a record $15 billion last quarter, according to a Bloomberg report that cited...
Progress. Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to exclude the Zangezur corridor from a peace agreement to resolve their long-standing border conflict. Baku has been...
Ahead of parliamentary elections set for October, Georgia appears to be reevaluating its relations with Russia and the West. The country severed diplomatic ties...
Careful calibration. Hezbollah wants to strike back at Israel within days and may move forward without Iran, which apparently has not decided on its...
The Geopolitics of the American President &