Summit for Democracy: Show of Strength or Own-goal?
President Biden’s Summit for Democracy represents a diplomatic gamble that might not pay off.
For Morocco, Security, Rule of Law, and Energy Are Three Eggs in a Same Basket
Oil discoveries can be a curse in countries with sectarian fault lines and a weak rule of law.
Vietnam Waits for Signs of Trump’s Asia Policy
With the ‘Asia Pivot’ gone, and the TPP with it, Hanoi left to guess at what the Trump administration’s Asia Pacific policy will be.
A Brexit Blueprint for Turkey?
Officials have recently floated the idea of a UK-EU ‘special deal’ serving as a blueprint for Turkey’s future relationship with the bloc.
Amid Strikes and Protests, Iran Braces for a New Wave of Sanctions
Tehran tries to put one fire out while preparing for an inferno.
Global Forecast (07-17-2018)
Belt and Road’s Kenya railway starts off in the red, Trump and Putin leave a lasting impression in Helsinki, and Japan and the EU buck the protectionist trend with a free trade deal.
Timeline: Freeze (and Thaw?) in China-Australia Relations
Chronicling the events leading up to the present low point in China-Australia relations.
Erdogan’s Flip: How Turkiye and Azerbaijan Became Ukraine Allies
Western portrayals of Turkiye and Azerbaijan falling in the Russia camp amid the Ukraine war are wildly inaccurate.
US-China Trade Deal Takes Shape
A US-China trade deal is starting to take form, and it looks like it might end up a draw.
What a Refused Visa Tells Us about the Abbot Government’s Foreign Policy
The Geopoliticalmonitor's Murray Hunter examines how a refused visa might indicate a less principled foreign policy from Australia's new Abbott administration.