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April 22, 2010

China
China’s New Best Friends and Their New Brand of Geopolitics

After a long romance with the G-77 and being courted by the United States, China has decided its new best friends forever are going to be Brazil, Russia, South Africa and India. Presidents Hu, Medve…

China’s New Best Friends and Their New Brand of Geopolitics

April 21, 2015

Thailand
What Does Thailand’s Article 44 Mean for Thailand’s International Relations?

Thailand’s ruling junta now has replaced martial law, which had been in force since the coup in May 2014, with legislation under Article 44 of the interim constitution. This shift has been heavily cr…

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June 2, 2011

Defense and Security
The World Next Week: NATO and Russia Debate Missile Defense

President Barack Obama meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the G-8 Summit in France on May 26, 2011. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters) The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I dis…

The World Next Week: NATO and Russia Debate Missile Defense

October 26, 2011

North Korea
Dialogue and "Strategic Patience" with North Korea

U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth (R) and U.S ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Glyn Davies (L) leave their hotel for the United States Mission in Geneva O…

U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth (R) and U.S ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Glyn Davies (L) leave their hotel for the United States Mission in Geneva October 25, 2011

April 20, 2010

Asia
Central Asia’s Little Problem of Governance

Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov Today’s New York Times and Christian Science Monitor pretty much argue that Kyrgyzstan is coming apart at the seams.  “Security vacuum!” screams the Monito…

Central Asia’s Little Problem of Governance