China Is Finally Making Progress on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway
China has struggled to gain support from its Central Asian neighbors to build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway since the...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
China Is Finally Making Progress on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway
A nation must think before it acts.
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Beyond the First Battle: Winning the Long War Over Taiwan
Editor’s Note: This article expands upon ideas discussed in Lonnie Henley’s recent research report, Beyond the First Battle: Overcoming...
China’s National People’s Congress Reveals New Initiatives and Ominous Warnings
Barely a week into March, nearly 3,000 delegates gathered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for...
Qatar’s West Asian Moment: The Geopolitics of the World Cup
The FIFA 2022 World Cup has put Qatar on the map, making it the first Middle Eastern country and...
Jimmy Carter and the ‘Torture Chamber of Latin America’: Examining a Human Rights Legacy
On February 18, 2023, the Carter Center announced that former President Jimmy Carter would receive hospice care. In the...
American Power and the Defense of Taiwan
American officials are increasingly concerned about China’s growing power and assertiveness. While spy balloons over the continental United States...
The Turkish Veto: Why Erdogan Is Blocking Finland and Sweden’s Path to NATO
Finland and Sweden grew closer to Western institutions in the post-Cold War era, and EU accession in 1995 meant...
Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: A Youthful Revolution?
Since its return to democracy in 1999, Nigeria has been ruled by a male gerontocracy. Muhammadu Buhari, the incumbent...
The Middle Corridor through Central Asia: Trade and Influence Ambitions
The “Middle Corridor”—a loosely defined trade route that spans the Central Asian steppe, the Caspian Sea, and the Caucasus...
Moscow’s Mind Games: Finding Ideology in Putin’s Russia
Americans tend to view ideology with suspicion. In fact, one scholar proclaimed that ideology had “ended.” Despite this dismissiveness,...