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Testing Self-Reliance: What the Trade War Reveals About China’s Vulnerabilities and Power (Gerard DiPippo and Benjamin Lenain – RAND Corporation)

The United States and China stepped away from the brink of a near embargo of bilateral trade on May 12. The countries had entered...

The Wagner Group Is Leaving Mali. But Russian Mercenaries Aren’t Going Anywhere (Ryan Bauer – RAND Corporation)

The June 6 announcement by the infamous Wagner Group private military company that it will end its three-and-a-half-year-long deployment in Mali is an important...

China Struggles to Adjust to a Post-Assad Syria (Jesse Marks – Stimson Center)

When Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in December 2024, China’s long-standing bet on the regime’s survival collapsed. For years, Beijing had quietly backed Assad as...

A ‘Pragmatic’ Foreign Policy Agenda: What’s Next for South Korea’s New President? (Kayla Orta – Stimson Center)

Korea’s (ROK) 21st Presidential Elections. After six months of political chaos, the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) candidate Lee Jae-myung—with a historic 49.4% of...

Protecting Civilians in Cyberspace: A UN Security Council Imperative (Allison Pytlak – Stimson Center)

Every year in May, the UN Security Council (UNSC) holds its annual debate on the Protection of Civilians (PoC). In a concept note for...

Discontent in Trumpland (Harsh V. Pant – Observer Research Foundation)

Running battles between protesters and law enforcement agencies; a crackdown on demonstrators; curfew in cities; universities being challenged; students being imprisoned; and different parts...

Hyphenating US-Pak: Doing business with gunmen (Harsh V. Pant, Vivek Mishra – Observer Research Foundation)

The Trump regime's reported invitation to Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir to attend the 250th US Army Day celebrations in Washington tomorrow has stirred...

Trust deficit is the stumbling block in the Russia-Ukraine peace talks (Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash – Observer Research Foundation)

After multiple rounds of negotiations between Russia and the US, Russia and Ukraine began direct talks in May. These have led to prisoner exchanges...

India and Belarus: Recalibrating an Adrift Partnership (Aleksei Zakharov – Observer Research Foundation)

“I am not satisfied with the current state of Belarus-India relations. Frankly speaking, our relations with India have degraded, so India is not an...

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