Washington aims to convince Southeast Asian countries that U.S. military power in the region is benign, while Beijing aims to convince the region that its rise offers economic opportunities. Malaysia assesses both powers as having constructive roles to play.
The Biden administration must ensure that it does not give away too much to Riyadh without asking enough from Jerusalem, especially when it comes to the concerns of the Palestinians.
Foreign Affairs has recently published a number of articles on how the United States should engage with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, extremist forces within the regime, how the West can help ordinary Afghans, and the fate of the country’s women.
The U.S.-DRC-Zambia memorandum of understanding demonstrates how the United States aims to counter China and bolster its clean energy supply chains by deepening ties with African nations. Yet how distinct is the U.S. approach from the Chinese approach to such deals?
Ukrainian attempts to force Russian oil from the Black Sea may have unintended consequences for its allies
Maybe most importantly the regulations so far do not bear the hallmark of a classic Xi intervention, which usually means taking a very hard line and potentially unrealistic policy stance that prizes control and Xi’s other priorities over everything else.
On the face of it, the deal is a three-way win-win situation. Upon closer examination, though, the benefits that could accompany such a deal seem far less certain and the risks associated with them rather considerable.
Suyash Rai writes about the recently passed Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill.
Amid the uncertainty, one thing is clear: be it in its current form or as an expanded outfit, as a vehicle for collective diplomatic sway or for China to increase its global reach, the BRICS grouping is here to stay.
But if Ukraine joins the alliance, NATO will have to engage in serious military planning in ways it did not for the Baltic states.
Sanctions have not breached Russia’s economic fortress, but they have put a time bomb under its foundations.
With Western powers distracted by the war in Ukraine, China appears to be making cautious moves to cement its position in the wider Black Sea region.
Deterrence clearly failed in Ukraine. In the run-up to Russia’s invasion in February 2022, America and its NATO allies took steps to warn Russia of dire consequences, including deep sanctions and political excommunication. None of that mattered to Vladimir Putin.
The Biden administration identified the order as part of its de-risking strategy but limiting the flow of investment into China takes the approach to a new level.
Compared to the U.S., where the attacks of January 6, 2021, seem to only have deepened polarization and increased political risk, the January 8 insurgency in Brazil thus seems to have left fewer scars and can be seen as the apex of political instability.
The phrase lacks the depth and diversity of the world it purports to describe.
But in the cruel and unforgiving world of dealing with Iran, where options run from bad to worse, it’s hard to imagine coming up with a better alternative.
Prigozhin’s media empire was conceived as a contractor that would perform functions for the state while remaining under external management. But it turns out that receiving billions of dollars in taxpayers’ money is no guarantee of either effectiveness or loyalty.
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