Diplomacy & International Relations

Struggle for Hegemony: How Syria Became the Theater for the Most Dangerous Confrontation Between Turkiye and Israel (Emirates Policy Center)

The war between Israel and Iran has amplified Turkiye’s concerns over Israeli military superiority. Ankara increasingly perceives Israel's surplus power as a future strategic...

Reshaping the Balance of Power in South Syria: Sharaa Administration’s Policy to Integrate Daraa Region into Central Government (Emirates Policy Center)

The disbanding of the 8th Brigade – the most powerful Sunni force in southern Syria – has marked a strategic breakthrough for President Ahmed...

Delisting Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: Implications for U.S. Counterterrorism and Syria Policy (Aaron Y. Zelin – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

Seven months after leading the rebel offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad, and nearly thirteen years since being designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)...

Leveraging Iran’s Defeat to Strengthen U.S.-Iraq Security Relations (Michael Knights – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

The recent military collision between Iran, Israel, and the United States did not formally involve Iraq, which took pains to declare that it was...

Impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the Mining Sector (Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz – CSIS)

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), into law. The sweeping legislation enacts major changes across...

Renewing the United States’ Skilled Technical Workforce (Sujai Shivakumar and Julie Heng – CSIS)

If the United States intends to manufacture the next generation of technologies critical for the nation’s economic competitiveness and national security, a well-trained “Skilled...

Will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Defense Spending Last? (Erin D. Dumbacher, Michael C. Horowitz, and Lauren Kahn – CFR)

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed what he has called the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Congress had passed the day before....

Moscow Seeks to Retain Influence Over Moldova (Ksenia Kirillova – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia appears to be intensifying hybrid operations against Moldova, leveraging disinformation and false narratives to portray Western alliances as instigators of conflict while planning...

Kazakhstan Reinforces Multivector Foreign Policy (Alexander Kim – The Jamestown Foundation)

Kazakhstan has awarded Rosatom the contract to build its first nuclear power plant, signaling continued collaboration with Russia while simultaneously exploring future partnerships with...

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