The European Union continues to tailor its sanctions net around Russia’s war effort. On July 23, Brussels rolled out its 21st package of economic sanctions targeting Russia. This package, the...
This spring is summit season in Beijing. Russian leader Vladmir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for a two-day summit on May 20 to 21 and signed 40 limited agreements covering...
New Gas Pipeline Through Siberia: Alexey Miller, head of Russia’s state-owned energy corporation Gazprom, announced that Moscow and Beijing had reached a “legally binding”...
It isn't expected that presidents should go missing or be involved in crashes. However, historically, a number of important political and military leaders have met their end in crashes.
Since Mongolia transitioned from communism to democracy it has been quietly working behind the scenes as a peace builder serving as a convening location for numerous talks, dialogues, processes, workshops...
Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia
Turkey is facing difficult times, really difficult times. The numerous earthquakes which struck ten provinces in the southeastern part of the country killed tens of thousands, made 1.25 million homeless...
Three years, two nationalities and one pandemic later, Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei finally faced his Israeli opponent — and now best friend — Sagi Muki, on the mat. Their unlikely friendship, the...
What do people of the Pacific Islands think about China’s plans for the region and the U.S. response?
Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China
How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power
The CAS ruling sends the wrong message to Tehran. The principles of the Olympic Charter and the lives of Iranian athletes ought to compel more than this.
A recently declassified memo suggests we bolster democracies throughout China’s neighborhood as a counterweight to the CCP’s domineering model.
Epidemics are not new to the CAMCA region and historical accounts document many of them. In Genghis Khan’s main code of laws, Yasa, public health infractions, such as polluting or urinating in rivers,...
Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi has gone missing after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The Turkish government alleges...
The U.S. Treasury Department last week sanctioned a Turkis...
American negotiators and their cohorts are trying to close a deal that would let Iran keep its nuclear program, subject to intricate conditions of monitoring and enforcement. Yet how is a deal li...
Beijing’s ‘New Frontier’ is ground zero for the organ harvesting of political prisoners.