Meeting Russia’s New Nuclear Challenge
Even as the Obama administration continues to ponder just how it might respond to the turn of events in...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Meeting Russia’s New Nuclear Challenge
A nation must think before it acts.
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Chindia Africa and the West’s Responsibility
The third edition of India-Africa Summit was attended by no less than 54 nations across Africa. New Delhi has...
Modi’s Silence on Hindu Violence Threatens India’s Secular Tradition
On Sept. 28, in the village of Dadri in the state of Uttar Pradesh, barely 50 miles from India’s...
What America Can Learn From the Rest of the World
During the recent Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders suggested that Americans “look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and...
Arab Civil Society after the Arab Spring: Weaker but Deeper
Middle East Institute In the Middle East, academic trends often mirror the ebb-and-flow of regional politics. During the 1990s,...
Triangular Politics in Syria: Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia
During three weeks in September, Russia deployed its air force in Syria to support Bashar al-Asad’s increasingly weak and...
Putin’s Gas Attack
Russia’s belligerence in Syria has renewed debates about Russian motives. James Nixey, head of the Russia and Eurasia Program at...
America Needs to Support Africa’s Democratic Aspirations
Much of the world’s great promise, and many of the world’s greatest challenges, lie in Africa. The continent is...
Yes, Putin Does Have a Strategy in Syria
It appears that a significant portion of the Washington policy community is dismissing Russia’s Vladimir Putin either as merely...
The Danger of Not Competing
When two great powers jostle, their allies watch. Not out of enjoyment for the spectacle but out of selfish...