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The strange (and almost certainly tragic) case of Jamal Khashoggi – the Saudi civic activist turned American newspaper columnist – continues to profoundly roil U.S.-Saudi relations.

Political repression can go a long way. Just ask Nicolas Maduro.

The proof is increasingly irrefutable: China's Uighurs are under assault.

For some time, Western sources have been accusing Moscow of backing the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.However, little effort has been done to analyze the modalities of this support and the way it relates to Moscow's overall policies and objectives in Central and Southern Asia.

There's a growing Iranian Infiltration into Morrocco.

The signs of breakdown in the liberal international order are mounting, and they’re coming from disparate directions.

War, peace, democracy and U.S. policy in the Caucasus.

The answer, one of Russia’s leading opinion centers has concluded, has everything to do with a pervasive sense of cultural siege.

The answer, one of Russia’s leading opinion centers has concluded, has everything to do with a pervasive sense of cultural siege.

This week, Russia is hosting its biggest military exhibition—Army-2018.

Thirteen years ago, as the Bush administration and its "freedom agenda" entered its second term in office, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman took the pulse of popular sentiment in Iran, and came away with some surprising conclusions. Iran, Friedman heard from Iranian expatriates and regime insiders, was the ultimate "red state," where the population did not share the ruling regime's hatred of the West and where people craved greater freedom and democracy.

It's official: U.S.-Turkish relations are in a tailspin.

Only time will tell if Tehran will cave to Washington's demands.

Films by regime-friendly directors reveal the more subliminal level of what government representatives proclaim explicitly in interviews.
 

But is he willing to embrace the policies of past administrations in order to achieve that goal?

Military Innovation, Commercial Technologies, and Great Power Competition

Even though the Islamic State group has been greatly diminished, its offshoots and other terrorist groups still wreak havoc around the world.

An American president meets his Russian counterpart in Helsinki. Critics worry that he'll validate Russia's rule over its conquered neighbors, while human rights advocates fret that he won't discuss their issue.

The Russian Ministry of Defense is pursuing artificial intelligence with an urgency that has only grown since Vladimir Putin’s “rule the world” speech in September.

The threats to U.S. LNG range from external shocks, Asian governments keeping their doors closed, and the need to finish domestic investment.