The emergence of China as a regional power in the Asia Pacific has largely negative implications for democratization prospects in the region, according to a new report from the Asia… Read more »
While the world’s eyes are on the diplomatic surge trying to head off a Russian invasion of Ukraine, WBUR reports, for Ukrainians themselves, there’s also something else — the feeling… Read more »
Talks between US and Russian officials get underway in Geneva this week following concerns about a potential military escalation of Ukraine by Russian forces, notes the Center for European Policy… Read more »
Leftist gains in Latin American elections could buoy China and undermine the United States as they compete for regional influence, analysts say, with a new crop of Latin American leaders… Read more »
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today warned that there’s “evidence” Russia is moving to “destabilize Ukraine from within,” according to reports. “We’ve seen this playbook before — in 2014… Read more »
As President Joe Biden and his team seek to put the defense of democracy and protection of human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy, they confront the stubborn… Read more »
Like the passing of the seasons, the Kremlin’s playbook for malign energy activities comes around year after year. Whether it is using energy infrastructure proposals to export strategic corruption into… Read more »
The U.S.-led countries of the trans-Atlantic alliance and their democratic East Asian allies lack a strategy for dealing with their most formidable competitor: China. But the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)… Read more »
Belarusan President Alexander Lukashenko won a landslide reelection according to preliminary results announced Monday that have already provoked protests and opposition accusations of vote-rigging. Police violently dispersed demonstrations overnight (above)… Read more »
#HK is like Berlin of the last Cold War. If HK falls for lack of US actions against China, Taiwan will follow, and so will US interests in Asia. It… Read more »