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Geopolitics

What’s Behind China’s Historic Iran-Saudi Arabia Peace Deal?

Mar 15, 2023 at 10:09 | RFE/RL staff

A surprise deal brokered by China to reestablish diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia has paved the way for Beijing to expand its influence in the Middle East and…

Tensions Mount Between Azerbaijan And Iran

Mar 15, 2023 at 09:47 | Eurasianet

Azerbaijan's strained relations with Iran aren't getting any better. Baku has sent two protest notes to Tehran in recent days.   On March 11, Azerbaijan's foreign and defense ministries said in…

Relations Sour Between China And Russia As Ukraine War Continues

Mar 15, 2023 at 09:07 | The Jamestown Foundation

The Russian army’s ongoing struggle to capture Bakhmut might appear to be primarily a tactical episode in the larger geo-strategic picture of Russia’s war against Ukraine.…

Why It’s Still Not Clear Who’s Behind The Nord Stream Blasts

Mar 14, 2023 at 10:01 | RFE/RL staff

In the first half of September 2022, a Greek-flagged tanker sailed eastward from the Dutch port of Rotterdam, into the Baltic Sea and a busy channel plied by dozens of…

Will The Saudi-Iranian Diplomatic Deal Bring Oil Prices Down?

Mar 14, 2023 at 09:14 | Alex Kimani

The energy markets have kicked off the new week on a sour note, with oil prices recording significant declines in early trading on Monday just days after Saudi…

Russia Can’t Afford To Continue Exporting Arms

Mar 13, 2023 at 10:19 | RFE/RL staff

Russia’s share of global arms exports declined sharply in the most recent five-year period, as Western sanctions against Moscow and the Kremlin's own need to conserve weaponry for…

China’s Newest Infrastructure Megaproject Is All About Natural Resources

Mar 10, 2023 at 10:43 | The Jamestown Foundation

In early March 2023, at a meeting in Harbin, Chinese officials committed Beijing to building a railway north from China into the enormous and resource-rich Sakha…

Zangezur Corridor At Risk As Azerbaijan-Armenia Dispute Continues

Mar 10, 2023 at 10:11 | The Jamestown Foundation

In late February 2023, the State Agency of Azerbaijan Automobile Roads announced that 73 percent of the Horadiz-Jabrayil-Zangilan-Agbend highway has been completed (

Will China Change Its Stance On The War In Ukraine?

Mar 09, 2023 at 08:57 | RFE/RL staff

  After releasing a 12-point proposal on how to broker a cease-fire in Ukraine and facing allegations from the United States that it is considering arming Moscow, China's…

U.S. Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Nord Stream Pipelines

Mar 08, 2023 at 02:27 | Charles Kennedy

New intelligence that has been reviewed by U.S. government officials points to a pro-Ukrainian group as the likely perpetrator of the Nord Stream pipeline bombings last year, the New York…

U.S. And China Vie For Influence In This Vital Middle East Oil Hub

Mar 07, 2023 at 09:15 | Simon Watkins

Oman is preparing to offer a new batch of onshore oil and gas concession areas by the end of this month and a new batch of offshore oil…

Russian-Iranian Defense Ties Deepen With Rumors Of A Drone Production Plant

Mar 07, 2023 at 08:58 | The Jamestown Foundation

Over the past few weeks, media reports have proliferated that Tehran is gearing up to build a joint drone production plant in Russia (

Will China’s Belt And Road Initiative Deliver Positive Outcomes for Indonesia?

Mar 07, 2023 at 08:52 | The Jamestown Foundation

“It is not merely talk, but it is about actually building something. From airports to railways, these are industries we can see and touch. This is…

China's Global Security Initiative: A Post-American International Order?

Mar 06, 2023 at 10:00 | The Jamestown Foundation

On February 20, Xinhua released a statement on “U.S. Hegemony and its Perils,” which claims to expose “U.S. abuse of hegemony in the political, military, economic,…

Germany Is Still The Second-Largest Buyer Of Russian Fossil Fuels

Mar 06, 2023 at 09:43 | ZeroHedge

A year on from Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine, Russian fossil fuel exports are still flowing to various nations around the world. As…

Moscow Isn’t Rushing To Modernize Its Navy

Mar 03, 2023 at 09:57 | The Jamestown Foundation

The Russian Navy’s participation in the war against Ukraine has been mostly limited to the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. Yet, even with these limitations, Russia has…

Politics And Propaganda: Why Putin Won’t Pull Out Of Ukraine

Mar 01, 2023 at 09:32 | The Jamestown Foundation

Among the many terrible consequences of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine launched by Vladimir Putin a year ago, one should be singled out—that is, the Russian president’s inability…

Can China Really Be An Unbiased Broker Of Peace?

Feb 27, 2023 at 09:57 | RFE/RL staff

A position paper unveiled by Beijing pushing for a cease-fire in Ukraine has been met skeptically by many experts and Western officials who question China’s ability to broker…

The Great Game Reloaded: Superpowers In The Modern World

Feb 24, 2023 at 10:45 | RFE/RL staff

Top foreign policy officials from the United States and China spent most of the last weekend at the Munich Security Conference stressing that their governments were not seeking…

Spy Balloon Fallout Highlights Fragility Of U.S.-China Relations

Feb 24, 2023 at 09:49 | The Jamestown Foundation

While President Xi Jinping has often been criticized by Western politicians, as well as intellectuals inside and outside of China, for restoring quasi-Maoist values, he has…

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