A major sore point in India’s relations with its Western partners is its continuing empathetic relations with Russia, especially since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. So there was considerable attention on Russian …
The deepening strategic partnership between China and Russia will affect the Indo-Pacific and Europe more than anywhere else. International tension and conflict will increase as countries in these regions reluctantly respond to this partnership. We …
Geography and a history of proxy politics have made Afghanistan an arena for others’ contests, undermining its stability. Internal fragmentation has compounded the damage. Regional rivalries have repeatedly undermined Afghan-led efforts toward peace. These rivalries …
Our world is getting used to waiting anxiously on its top leaders’ directions in a way it hasn’t experienced for 35 years—since Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, assisted by Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul …
From Canberra and London to Ottawa, Brussels and beyond, politicians, professors and pundits are raging against the United States. Some warn it has just about transformed itself into a rogue state that may soon be …




