US-Africa Leaders Summit: New Beginning or Old Wine in a New Bottle?
Delegates from forty-nine African countries and the African Union traveled to the United States to attend the US-Africa Leaders...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
US-Africa Leaders Summit: New Beginning or Old Wine in a New Bottle?
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Analysis
Article 5 for the Next Decade of NATO
Collective defense is at the heart of European security. Enshrined within Article 5 of its founding treaty, NATO allies...
A Poetic Conviction? Turkish Courts Sentence Istanbul Mayor for Speech Crime
The minarets are our spears, the domes are our shields The mosques are our barracks, the believers soldiers Our...
Iran and the United Nations: Breaking New Ground at the Human Rights Council, Is the Commission for the Status of Women Next?
“Women, Life, Freedom.” These are the words Iranian women have been chanting during protests for more than 80 days....
Iranian Jews in Israel, Protests, and the Palestinians
Mahsa Amini was killed on September 16, 2022, by the Islamic Republic’s morality police. She was arrested for not...
America’s Great-Power Challenge: Managing Russia’s Decline and China’s Rise
Russia is in strategic trouble. Vladimir Putin’s war of choice in Ukraine has weakened Russia’s global posture and eroded...
Putin Is Doing Xi’s Dirty Work (and the West Is Helping Him)
Ultimately, Russia and the West can and should be partners, not Russia and China. The infrastructure is in place:...
Ecological Path to Peace Is Possible in Ukraine
Current Western policy has framed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an assault on “world order.” While the term has...
The Afghan National Resistance Front Outlines Its Strategy: Implications for US Foreign Policy
On November 15, 2022, the Foreign Policy Research Institute conducted an in-person and Zoom event titled, “The Future of...
Editor’s Corner Fall 2022
With this issue, Orbis completes its 65th year of publication. Its founder, Ambassador Robert Strausz-Hupé, wanted a publication that...