Event Report on the Situation in Kyrgyzstan and Its Implications
On October 4, Kyrgyzstan held parliamentary elections. Four political parties received enough vote to garner seats in the parliament....
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Event Report on the Situation in Kyrgyzstan and Its Implications
A nation must think before it acts.
China
Domestic Politics in Southeast Asia and Local Backlash against the Belt and Road Initiative
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy project to expand the...
Dueling Visions: America’s Role in the World and the 2020 Election
We know for a fact from polling that this is not an election in which major foreign policy issues...
The Global Order in a Zeitenwende
The post-Cold War period, defined by American leadership promoting garowing integration under a liberal framework—a process aided by changes...
China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Elements—and Why We Should Care
According to geologists, rare earths are not rare, but they are precious. The answer to what appears to be...
Uncertain Prospects: South China Sea Code of Conduct Negotiations
For nearly two decades, diplomats from Southeast Asian countries and China have met to discuss the implementation of a...
Rediscovering Debates on Nuclear Strategy, for the 21st Century
If we are re-entering an era of “great power competition,” then there is an unavoidable question: what role do...
Understanding China’s Digital Yuan
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is expected to publicly launch a digital version of the...
Russia and China’s Quiet Rivalry in Central Asia
How does the People’s Republic of China use multilateral institutions in Central Asia? In the 1990s and early 2000s,...
Why Russia is a Geopolitical Winner in Mali’s Coup
On August 18, Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was overthrown in a coup d’etat led by breakaway elements of...