Gulf security: It’s not all bad news
American withdrawal, coupled with the need to diversify Gulf state economies away from oil, is driving efforts to dial down regional tensions.
American withdrawal, coupled with the need to diversify Gulf state economies away from oil, is driving efforts to dial down regional tensions.
The sale of a Russian missile defense system encapsulates how the tide has turned.
It’s easy for smaller countries to exploit American fears in the ‘great power competition’ context.
It’s called institutionalizing hubris, and it’s taking U.S. global foreign policy nowhere fast.
It may just be grandstanding for domestic purposes, but the effort poses grave implications for American and international security
An upcoming UN report will show whether a US-Russian agreement on providing humanitarian aid is working.
The furor over the military exercises is rich, considering the number of similar exercises that NATO conducts in the region regularly.
There will likely be a return to a much more historically normal state of global affairs in which multiple players are engaged.
The lesson for would-be scholars: why bother trying to cultivate expertise in this area if it will only serve to disqualify you in the Blob?
The Biden administration must address this strategically or there will be nothing left of the ‘global order’ as we know it.
How do Russia, Pakistan, China, Iran and India view what seems to be an inevitable Taliban rise? A regional expert weighs in.
If it’s true the Russians have intercepted Israeli missiles targeting Iran-backed militias, Washington may have to step in.
Germany may seem a natural partner in Biden’s “global competition between democracy and authoritarianism.” But the German public isn’t interested.
Its new national security strategy may be calculated to appeal to voters, but the West has clearly helped to push Putin’s buttons, too.
Will the departure of some 3,000 American troops from Afghanistan be a harbinger of a more fundamental realignment of U.S. Middle East security policy?
The late professor launched the first incarnation in 1974. A year after his death, his wife and colleagues are pressing forward under new name.
France and Germany are disenchanted with U.S. sanctions, but Poland and the Baltic states are far from ready for rapprochement.
Constant consideration of intervening in the region inflames tensions with local powers, including Russia.
Stunning find includes MoD plot to provoke Russia in Ukrainian waters last week and U.S. request to leave troops in Afghanistan.
Details are still unclear but the episode highlights the danger in using warships to make diplomatic or legalistic points.
On a host of issues, especially Ukraine, Biden kicked the can down the road. Let’s hope it’s not a grenade that’ll explode in our faces.