Russia, China renew friendship treaty;
More journalists harassed by police;
Putin eyes an "unfriendly" Ukraine;
Kremlin hunts for Navalny ally;
Russia refuses to open Syrian aid crossing;
Cruz plays hardball over Nord Stream II
A confrontation off Crimea;
Torture on the peninsula;
Forgery industry booming over vaccination requirements;
Russian military flexes its muscles in the middle east;
Moscow versus the western order
Chinese military scientists face U.S. visa fraud charges;
China stops Taiwan from buying vaccines...;
...as America lends a helping hand;
Pushed out of China, bitcoin miners are coming to America;
China stepping up market interventions
A more integrated and cohesive Central Asia that includes Afghanistan will do more than anything else in sight to render it stable and predictable.
College merger suspended after student protests;
China leads the charge against Israel;
China's apps to face subpoenas and/or bans;
FCC advances proposed ban on Chinese telecom equipment;
NATO declares China a security risk
OSCE concerned about human rights in Crimea;
Russia's GAZPROM behind massive methane leak;
Putin seeks to bolster United Russia;
Germany arrests Russian researcher accused of spying;
Major cities hammered by COVID
Washington needs a long-term strategy to sideline the tech giant.
Russia's web of disinformation;
Tehran's anti-semitic tropes;
Chinese disinformation targets Taiwan's tech sector;
Beijing's fake cheering section;
Washington takes aim at Iranian propaganda
Last week, Iranians went to the polls to select a replacement for outgoing president Hassan Rouhani, who has served out his two terms in office.
A helping hand from Grozny;
A media noose gets tighter;
A mediocre summit in Switzerland;
China, Russian space officials lay plans for lunar station;
Moscow's vaccine push;
Russia encroaches on Baltic airspace
* * * SPECIAL EDITION: Iran's 2021 election * * *
A coronation in Tehran...;
...amid clerical manipulation...;
...and widespread disaffection;
The presidency as a stepping stone?
The Sisi government has been forced to deal not only with the perceived internal threat posed by the Brotherhood, but with an external one as well.
The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) dominance over global critical mineral supply chains presents one of the largest strategic vulnerabilities to the United States and her allies since the Arab oil embargo-triggered energy security crisis of the 1970s.
At his summit with Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland last week, President Biden pressed his Russian counterpart on a number of critical issues.
With Tehran making significant progress on the nuclear front, Washington and its European allies seem engaged in an increasingly desperate effort to revive the 2015 global nuclear agreement with Iran, mirroring the earlier eagerness that helped produce the problematic agreement in the first place.
The Brotherhood breaks ranks;
Hezbollah's growing European presence;
The coming fight over Afghanistan;
The problem with Palestinian aid
White House: Engagement with China "has come to an end";
China allows three children amid fall in birth;
Fake COVID-19 vaccines pose new threat in Africa;
Arab countries are deporting Uyghurs to China;
Bush China Foundation takes $5 million from the CPC
Since 2005, Congress has recognized that an asteroid impact represents a serious threat to national security. Though Congress tasked NASA to survey hazardous asteroids larger than 140m by 2020, sixteen years later it remains incomplete.
Navalny not the first FSB target;
No refuge for victimized women in Russia's regions;
Moscow's soft lockdown;
Russia sells Iran advanced spy satellite;
Russia carries out massive naval drills in the Pacific;
Another former European official tacks toward Russia
Despite Chavez’s death in 2013, Venezuela remains a key Iranian ally—and a top partner in Tehran’s efforts to project power in the Western Hemisphere.
This work explores the current state of the “wars of ideas” against radical Islam and identifies America’s potential partners in this fight.
Putin signs extremism law, court bans Navalny group;
Space chief threatens early ISIS withdrawal;
New Ukrainian soccer jerseys showcase occupied Crimea;
Another opposition politician flees the country;
Russia withdraws from Open Skies;
Coronavirus surges in Moscow and nationwide
Next week, President Joe Biden will meet with Vladimir Putin in Geneva for his first head-of-state summit with the Russian leader.
Brain-computer interfaces make monkey pong possible;
Thought-controlled exoskeletons;
Wanted: A space junk removal service;
Directed energy weapons of terror;
Countering the Chinese naval fleet
China could have ordered Huawei to shut down Australia's 5G;
China woos Wall Street bankers...;
...while U.S. scrutiny over Chinese influence over finance grows;
Biden announces new probe into source of COVID-19;
Philippines protests China's "illegal" presence in its EEZ
Hunting down the opposition;
A step backward for Russia in Africa;
A helping hand from Moscow;
The true impact of the "foreign agent" designation;
Russia looks beyond the dollar
More quiet normalization with Israel;
Islamist strife in Indonesia;
The Taliban gains ground...;
...as Amerca mulls making Pakistan a power broker
Fifty-five House Democrats recently signed a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken arguing that the U.S. response to the protests, riots and national strikes that have taken place in Colombia in recent weeks must focus on the “unleashed” and “brutal response” of the Colombian National Police against protesters.
The United States, and its allies and partners, have an opportunity in Ukraine to demonstrate their commitment to the existing international order, and thereby to deter potential aggressors long before military force is required.
ASEAN struggles with response to Burma coup;
Indonesia's new "tank boat";
Tokyo plans to shatter defense spending ceiling;
China's infrastructure outreach to the Pacific Islands;
Manila rejects Beijing's unilateral fishing moratorium
Khodorkovsky group leaves Russia;
Putin meets with an embattled Lukashenko;
Russia spies on U.S. missile defense test;
Russian espionage a casualty of Czech spat;
Bolstering strength on western borders
Whatever the future holds for one of America’s most complicated bilateral relationships, better that Biden try and shape Erdogan’s foreign policy forays to America’s advantage, rather than refight old battles.
Chinese fake news targets Taiwan;
Moscow takes aim at U.S. broadcasting...;
...and foreign vaccines;
Rethinking "wolf warrior diplomacy"?
For most of the world, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre recalls familiar yet macabre vignettes of hopeful students and the iron tanks that crushed them, along with their cries for freedom. In China, however, there is nothing to recall on June 4th because, as far as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is concerned, nothing happened.
Space should not be seen as a bill to pay, but rather as an investment that generates tangible returns.
A growing number of authoritarian regimes are turning to technology in their efforts to demolish trust in democratic principles and institutions.
Sakharov centenary exhibition pulled;
Biden-Putin meeting set for June 16th;
Russian censors threaten, fine Google;
Shielding State media from "foreign agent" scrutiny;
Guerilla marketing, Russian style;
MH17 case poised to enter next phase
Beijing rebuffs Pentagon requests for Austin-Xu talks;
$3 billion more for global COVID-19 response: Xi;
China's hot market;
Banks raise mortgage rates to rein in housing prices;
Lack of academic freedom weakens America studies in China
Parallel military drills in the Balkans;
Sakharov freedom prize awarded to jailed gulag historian;
The fight over Tsargrad goes to court;
Making Russian mercenaries into movie stars;
Lavrov warns Ankara about cooperation with Kyiv;
Russian government supports Belarus' blunder
Great power competition and the War on Terror;
France frets over and ISIS resurgence;
Abu Sayyaf seeks sanctuary;
Vienna takes a stand on Hezbollah;
The challenge of Central Asia reintegration
Predictably, the latest violence in the Middle East has spawned a slew of theories about the reasons for renewed hostilities between Israel and Gaza.
These games offer an opportunity for America’s public and private sectors to make a powerful statement on human rights.
Iran's WMD quest continues...;
...as Congressional republicans take a stand...;
...and the Biden administration offers a sweetener;
A Saudi-Iranian entente
Support for "United Russia" continues to plummet;
Russians still uncomfortable with Sputnik-V;
Another spill in the far north;
Duma looks to ban Navalny groups, allies;
RFE/RL appeals "foreign agent" designation in European court;
U.S. lifts sanctions on Nord Stream II construction
Just how influential is America's outreach to the Iranian people?
Exploring China's "irregular war" tactics;
China's authorities face a credibility crisis;
China builds on Bhutan's territory;
Pentagon: PLA eyeing locations for Gulf of Guinea base;
EU suspends ratification of China investment deal
Two years of "parole-like" restrictions;
Lavrov, Blinken to meet in Reykjavik;
Green Party head targeted for opposing Nord Stream II;
The Moscow metro cleans house;
Another independent outlet declared foreign agent;
Putin: Ukraine becoming "anti-Russia"
A third of a year into its tenure, the new White House appears to be pulling out all the stops in its efforts to reengage with Tehran, and to demolish the "maximum pressure" policy of its predecessor in the process.
Hamas and Iranian rockets threaten Arab goals as much as the Jewish state.
A Vision for 5G Competition
Protecting the U.S. Supply Chain from China
Countering China in Africa
The Challenge of China’s Rights Abuses
The Chinese Threat to Privacy