Tag: The Jamestown Foundation

Economic Interests at Core of Uzbekistan’s Pragmatic Approach Toward Taliban (Fozil Mashrab, The Jamestown Foundation)

Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August, it has struggled to win friends. Achieving international recognition and acceptance still remains an uphill...
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The Russian Military Buildup Around Ukraine: Routine, Seasonal Maneuvers (Volodymyr Havrylov, The Jamestown Foundation)

Recent publications in the Western media about the Russian military buildup along the border with Ukraine (Kyiv Post, October 31) provoked a new round...
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A Stability Check in US-Russian Relations (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia has not entirely avoided contravening international laws and norms since the Geneva summit in mid-June, but its behavior has been an improvement compared...
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Ethiopia’s Tigray Defense Forces Advance Toward Addis Ababa (Michael Horton, The Jamestown Foundation)

Ethiopia’s Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) are carrying out yet another successful counter-offensive against the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and its allies. The current...
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Iran’s Impending Military Intervention In Iraqi Kurdistan: Catalysts and Unintended Consequences (Jacob Lees Weiss, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Iranian Foreign Ministry warned on October 4 that its “strategic patience” with what it described as anti-Iranian terrorist groups operating in the Iraqi...
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Inside Afghan Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani’s Reception Honoring Suicide Bombers (Abdul Sayed, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Taliban Interior Minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, hosted a large reception for the heirs and families of hundreds of Taliban suicide bombers in the five-star...
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Chinese Government’s Push for Masculinity Targets Boy Bands, Online Influencers (John S. Van Oudenaren, The Jamestown Foundation)

In early September, China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) issued a new regulatory notice on “Further Strengthening Management of Cultural Programs and their...
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Power of the Weak: Taiwan’s Strategy in Countering China’s Economic Coercion (Christina Lai, The Jamestown Foundation)

In September, China’s General Administration of Customs (海关总署通知, Haiguan zong shu tongzhi) imposed bans on Taiwan’s sugar apples and wax apples, claiming that harmful pests were...
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Western Sanctions on Belarus’s Potash Industry Test Beijing-Minsk Partnership (Bartosz Kowalski, Michał Słowikowski, The Jamestown Foundation)

At the beginning of September, the Belarusian news outlet Nasha Niva revealed that due to Western sanctions on Belarusbank, China had not paid another tranche of...
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How Confucius Institutes in the Arab World Shape Positive Perceptions of China (Roie Yellinek, The Jamestown Foundation)

Much has been written about Confucius Institutes (CI) in the West, but this tool of Chinese influence does not receive much attention for its...
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China’s Vocational Education Workshops Seek to Strengthen Relations with Africa (Conor McCutcheon, Savannah Billman, Johnsen Romero, Merle Kartscher, The Jamestown Foundation)

Over the past two decades, China has continuously increased its presence in, and cooperation with, countries across the African continent. The magnitude of increase...
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Georgian Opposition Rejects Official Results of October Local Elections (Giorgi Menabde, The Jamestown Foundation)

On November 2, the “Opposition Coalition of Georgia” (OCG), which includes former president Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement (UNM) party, held a rally in...
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Unfortunate but Inevitable: Moldova’s Gas Supply Agreement With the Kremlin and Gazprom (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 29, Moscow and Chisinau agreed on a conditional resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Moldova as of October 30. The Russian...
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Russia’s Armed Forces Rehearse the Defense of Crimea (Roger McDermott, The Jamestown Foundation)

At the end of October, the Russian Armed Forces staged a military exercise in Crimea to rehearse the defense of the occupied peninsula. The...
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Epiphenomena in the Belarusian Political Crisis (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

An epiphenomenon is a secondary effect or byproduct that arises from but does not causally influence a process—so in a way, it is an...
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Lithuania and Poland Want to ‘Recover’ Kaliningrad, Russian Analysts Say (Paul Globe. The Jamestown Foundation)

Since Soviet times, Russian analysts have mused about the possibility that Germany might try to recover Kaliningrad, or East Prussia as it was known...
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