China’s Strategic Facilitation in the Persian Gulf Security Crisis
…the New Era,” September 27, 2019, https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/whitepaper/201909/27/content_WS5d8d80f9c6d0bcf8c4c142ef.html; Chinese State Council, “China’s Arab Policy Paper,” January 14, 2016, http://www.china.org.cn/world/2016-01/14/content_37573547.htm; Chinese State Council, “China’s International Development Cooperation in the New Era,” January…
North Africa Weekly: August 27, 2025
…social media for visibility and income amid severe political repression. The state fears this digital arena, cracking down on content creators. Online performance replaces political engagement as a form of…
Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov Speaks at the Stimson Center about U.S.-Russia Relations
…the years since World War II, the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Syria, prisoner swaps, 2016 election interference and Afghanistan. He acknowledged many of the situations as contentious, but said…
Assessing the Need for a Feminist Foreign Policy in Sri Lanka
…the vast potential to transform the realities of the most vulnerable. However, it is the process and content that need our focus and caution. Moreover, a FFP in Sri Lanka…
Go On, Seize the Peace
…to lead. When a fair settlement of long-contentious issues is so close at hand, penalties come to those who obstruct or linger. In most corners of this fractious world, peace-making…
The Curse of Succession in Iran
…Ali Montazeri, who Khomeini eventually named as his successor, was forced out of contention after he wrote a letter criticizing mass executions that occurred at the end of the Iran-Iraq…
The Search for Nuclear Stabilization in Southern Asia
… India and China appear content to place a low priority on settling their border dispute. Bilateral talks on nuclear stability and confidence building will remain difficult to undertake as long…
TRANSCRIPT – Visiting Fellow Research Roundtable: Security Trends in Southern Asia
…cargo, we need faster customs clearance. And for that, that means we need lesser physical inspections because physical inspections delay cargo movement. But how do you do all of this?…