Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

The U.S.-China Perception Gap: A Recipe for Disaster? (Harry He, Eduardo Jaramillo, The Jamestown Foundation)

In December, a war of words raged across the Pacific over the very meaning of the word “democracy” (China Brief, December 14, 2021). The...

The China-India-Pakistan Triangle: China Strengthens Ties with Pakistan Amid Border Standoff with India (Syed Fazl-e-Haider, The Jamestown Foundation)

The failure of military talks in the fall to ease a one-and-half year border standoff between India and China could lead to further militarization of...

The Islamic State’s Anti-Russia Propaganda Campaign and Criticism of Taliban-Russian Relations (Lucas Webber, The Jamestown Foundation)

In his first speech following the official declaration of the Islamic State’s (IS) caliphate in 2014, the new caliph, Abubakr al-Baghdadi, delivered his famous...

Pakistani Taliban to Benefit from Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Fencing Dispute (Syed Fazl-e-Haider, The Jamestown Foundation)

On December 18, 2021, Afghan Taliban soldiers disrupted the erection of a security fence by the Pakistani military along the two countries’ mutual border...

The Islamic State Gains New Operational Foothold in Iraq’s Hamrin Mountains (Isaac Ahmed, The Jamestown Foundation)

Diyala is located 60 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, and is considered a “road-knot” between four Iraqi provinces, including Diyala and Sulaymaniyah, Wasit, and Salah...

Bulgaria’s Black Sea Dilemma: NATO Ally or Russian Gateway? (Valeri R. Ratchev, Todor Tagarev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Black Sea is the region most severely affected by the tensions between the Russian Federation and the Transatlantic alliance. An arc of conflicts,...

Guardian of the Danube: Romania’s Mixed Progress in Implementing a Black Sea Strategy (George Vișan, The Jamestown Foundation)

Romania’s maritime environment consists of the Danube River and the Black Sea. The river links the country to the sea providing an important trade...

New Gas Cooperation Between Iran and Turkmenistan: Prospects and Limitations (Vali Kaleji, The Jamestown Foundation)

In a remarkable sign of tightening relations, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a trilateral natural gas swap deal on the sidelines of the 15th summit...

Russia’s ASAT Test: Motivations and Implications (Pavel Luzin, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia conducted its first kinetic satellite interception on November 15, 2021. A ground-based (presumably silo-based) missile was launched from the Plesetsk launch site and...

Widening Cracks in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dodik’s Russian Mission (Margarita Assenova, The Jamestown Foundation)

Emboldened by Moscow and Belgrade, Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serbs leader in Bosnia-Herzegovina, followed on his October announcement that Republika Srpska (Serb Republic) would...

China in 2022: Xi’s Time is Only Beginning, But Where Will it Lead? (John S. Van Oudenaren, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) official narrative holds that China is at a decisive moment. In the CCP’s telling, China’s long-sought goal of “national...

U.S.-EU Green Steel Alliance Confronts China’s Excess Steel Production (William Yuen Yee, The Jamestown Foundation)

After striking a deal to terminate the U.S.-European Union bilateral dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs, U.S. President Joseph Biden hailed the opportunity to...

Foreseeing the China-India Boundary Dispute: 2022 and Beyond (Jagannath P. Panda, The Jamestown Foundation)

Over the last year, Chinese politics have been acutely driven by President Xi Jinping’s quest to further cement his leading role in the hierarchy...

Xi Jinping and “Common Prosperity”: New Governance Paradigm or Tool to Consolidate Power? (Fatoumata Diallo, The Jamestown Foundation)

During the 6th Plenum of the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee, held in November 2021, China’s top political leadership passed a “historical resolution” that...

Biden Administration Aligns With Kremlin Push for Minsk ‘Agreements’ on Ukraine (Part Three) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Recent statements by the United States—namely, the White House and the State Department—reveal the misunderstanding and/or improper use of the vocabulary related to Russia’s...

Biden Administration Aligns With Kremlin Push for Minsk ‘Agreements’ on Ukraine (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Joseph Biden administration has recently learned the Russian MinskSpeak, chapter and verse. Following direct discussions with Moscow (see EDM, October 20, December 8, 9, 14), the White...