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Arabs, Turks and Persians: Geopolitics and Ideology in the Greater Middle East

Svante E. Cornell American Foreign Policy Council Central Asia-Caucuses Institute

For decades, the Greater Middle East has been a leading challenge to American foreign policy. This vast region - ranging from North Africa in the west to Afghanistan in the east, and from the borders of Central Asia down to the Horn of Africa in the south - has been a cauldron of turmoil that has affected not just American interests, but generated threats to the American homeland.

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Africa Political Monitor No. 53

July 1, 2025

Trump imposes travel ban on African states;
Nigeria eyes border fencing to combat militants;
China deepens continental ties amid record trade;
Niger eyes French-operated uranium mine;
Nigeria, Brazil ink $1 billion deal to modernize agriculture;
Deadly clashes erupt in Kenya on anniversary of tax protests

China Policy Monitor No. 1637

July 2, 2025

China Issues New Centralized Virtual Internet ID;
China-Africe Trade, Deficits Soar;
Niger's Junta Expels PRC Oil Executives;
China Sells Fighter Jets And Weapons To Pakistan And Azerbaijan;
Congress Investigates Billionaire's CPC Links

Defense Technology Monitor No. 111

June 20, 2025

Military Biotech Investment Needed;
Blood Vessels On Demand;
A Helium Helper for Hypersonics;
PLA Fireball Fighter Drones;
Seeking-- And Firing -- Radiation Relief

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 45

June 17, 2025

Chinese Drones Menace The Region;
Bolstering Manila’s Maritime Posture;
Indonesia Tilts Toward China;
Deterrence By Drone On The Korean Peninsula;
A Warning From Wellington

Iran Democracy Monitor No. 244

July 4, 2025

Questions About Khamenei's Continued Relevance;
...As Succession Planning Speeds Up;
An End To Nuclear Cooperation...;
...And A Wider Description of Spying

Resource Security Watch No. 60

April 18, 2025

In Trump's military, a more skeptical view of climate;
China's future energy source;
Africa searches for answers to food insecurity;
China accelerates stockpiling efforts

Russian Policy Monitor No. 2682

June 30, 2025

Codifying Moscow's Maritime Ambitions; 
Popularizing A New Imperial Vision;
The Gears of Dubious Russian Justice Grind On;
Russia's National Welath Fund at Risk