Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Analyst of International Affairs Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and his rival, Abdullah Abdullah, have finally signed a political agreement to form an inclusive government after months of disagreement over the outcome of the 2019 presidential election. The agreement was signed in …

Dr. Andrey KORTUNOV The term “multilateralism” is not specifically elaborated in Russian international relations theory. For a long time, it has remained in the shadow of the much more popular term “multipolarity,” although the latter is gradually being replaced in Russian literature by the term “polycentrism.” Sometimes, it …

Paul R. Pillar The methods and motivations behind the U.S. arms sales in the Middle East are not the stuff of sound regional policy. One of the latest steps in the Trump administration’s never-ending pressure on Iran in its attempt to extend a United Nations-imposed embargo prohibiting the export to, or import …

Jacob Heilburnn TNI editor Jacob Heilbrunn interviews Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov about the New START Treaty and the state of U.S.-Russia relations. Jacob Heilbrunn: What is your assessment of the state of U.S.-Russia relations? Sergei Ryabkov: The current state of our bilateral relations is probably worse …

James Holmes  “Southeast Asians—and lovers of freedom of the sea everywhere—must come to terms with China’s bid for sovereignty. They must act, making common cause with likeminded partners and fashioning counterstrategies to meet Beijing’s high-plains offensive. Otherwise the region courts an American Indian fate.” This week I had …

Giancarlo Elia Valori Let us see how oil barrel prices have really fluctuated in recent weeks: in April, in fact, the European and Asian Brent benchmark, in parallel with the US West Texas Intermediate (WTI), decreased by about 1 U.S. dollar per barrel a day. The WTI, however, …

Seth J. Frantzman An Iranian cyber-attack on Israeli water infrastructure provoked a response from Jerusalem in May. Is this the start of something far more troubling? An Iranian cyber-attack on Israeli water infrastructure provoked a response from Jerusalem in May. Pro-Iranian groups then hacked Israeli websites on May …

The conflict between Turkey and the anti-Turkey bloc is hurting everyone’s energy interests, making an investment in the region costlier for energy companies. Without compromises on all sides, everyone stands to lose. One of the key driving forces behind Turkey’s Libya policy is its desire to redraw the …

How might the coronavarius reshape relations between America, Russia and China? Four leading experts discuss the possible answers. How might the coronavirus pandemic alter the triangular relationship between the United States, China, and Russia? Russia has been among China’s most vocal defenders as the United States and others …