Background: Southeast Asia is the fulcrum of U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific and the great impediment to Chinese strategic imperatives both in the region and beyond. Thus, China has been attempting to pull regional countries tightly into its orbit through a mix of threats and rewards. The main focus of its efforts have been the […]
Lukashenko takes the stage. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday opened a two-day “People’s Assembly,” where he will discuss the country's development plans for...
Russian resistance. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said Russia was not interested in a “constructive dialogue with the EU” following his visit to...
Russo-China ties have always been something of a MacGuffin in international affairs. Moscow and Beijing are neither bitter enemies nor close allies, so movement...
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After signing a cease-fire deal that ended the war in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in November, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan reached...
