Background: Among the most important of modern Russia’s foreign policy objectives is to reclaim the influence it lost when the Soviet Union collapsed, particularly in the buffer zones that constitute its near abroad: Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. To that end, Moscow has helped prop up or destabilize in its favor countries to […]
14 points of disagreement. A day after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian listed seven points of disagreement with Australia – ostensibly as justification...
Background: Tensions heightened earlier this year after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...
Turkish troops headed for Azerbaijan. The Turkish parliament approved a presidential decree to send troops to Azerbaijan for one year to help Russian peacekeepers...
Chinese corporate debt troubles. Two Chinese state-linked enterprises said Monday that they would not be able to meet upcoming onshore bond repayment obligations. Defaults...
Another vaccine candidate. On Monday, U.S. biotech firm Moderna announced that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate had shown 94.5 percent effectiveness in clinical trials, making...
The U.S. goes after Chinese finance. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning investment in more than 30 Chinese companies...
The Geopolitics of the American President