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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 …

Sajad Abedi  The likelihood of a war between Iran and Israel has increased dramatically due to the objectives of each of these two and different ways to achieve the goals in this regard. Iran wants access to its goals from Syria and the creation of reliable bases in …

Giancarlo Elia Valori How is the new “Cold War 2.0”, which currently characterizes the ever less collaborative relations between the United States and China, developing? Some data may be interesting in this regard. On March 3, 2020 the Chinese cybersecurity company Qihoo 360 accused CIA of having hacked …

Israel has the guns, the power, and the land. It is on the side of the conflict where rethinking is most necessary if there is to be any hope of peace and a resolution. The new Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will probably formally annex …