Russia's "non-working week" begins with grim markers;
Natural gas reversal a signal to Europe;
Russia comes to the climate change table:
Russia focuses on nuclear, missile modernization;
The tense Russian-Ukrainian border;
Bringing North Korea in from the cold
Today, the Egyptian state faces no shortage of strategic threats, ranging from instability emanating from the ongoing crisis next door in Libya to an escalating conflict with nearby Ethiopia over access to the Nile. Yet its biggest long-term challenge is a distinctly domestic one: the quickening pace of its own population.
How countries weigh the trade-off between economic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and military protection from the United States will determine much of the 21st Century’s geopolitics.
A Pivotal Moment for Economic Statecraft
Adapting Outreach to Changing Geopolitics
The Keys to Effective Public Diplomacy
Reforming the Bureaucracy of Influence
Toward a Public Diplomacy Strategy for the 21st Century
Harvard Beijing Academy moves to Taipei;
U of HK orders removal of statue commemorating Tiananmen protests;
Tight funding, facility shortages top list of education challenges;
Xi pushes property tax legislation;
China provides economic and political support to the Taliban