Pandemic worsens challenges of fragile states in Middle East and Central Asia, IMF says Massoud A Derhally, The National | Coronavirus has led to remittances declining by as much as 25% in some countries during the first half...
Team Biden Should Start With an Asia Pivot 2.0 Foreign Policy | The recent meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue in Tokyo revealed many of the dilemmas the United States faces...
Trump, Biden and the World Washington Post | A presidential election in the United States is an international event. For decades, the question of who occupies the W...
The pandemic has caused the world’s economies to diverge The Economist | As recovery from COVID-19 takes place, huge gaps between the performance of countries are opening up—which could yet reca...
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, Recent Developments CFR | In late September 2020, heavy fighting broke out along the border—the most serious escalation since 2016. More than one hundred sol...
Fighting Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Risks Drawing in Bigger Powers Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times | Escalation on both sides suggests that an extended conflict may ensue in Nagorno-Karabakh, increas...
The Transformation of Diplomacy: How to Save the State Department? William J. Burns and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Foreign Affairs | After four years of attacks by the Trump administration, U.S. diplomacy i...
UAE-Bahrain deals with Israel offer chance at a ‘warm peace,’ economic growth and a moderate Mideast Frederick Kempe, CNBC | It’s been a safe bet over the last four decades to “short” the region, as other parts of the world have moved ahe...
Germany wades into the Indo-Pacific fray Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times Germany has officially joined the “Indo-Pacific” geopolitical club as outlined in a new 40-page polic...
The End of Hope in the Middle East Steven A. Cook, Foreign Policy The region has always had problems—but it’s now almost past the point of recovery. Given how widespread bl...
