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Moscow’s Southward March

This monthly report from Hudson’s Zineb Riboua examines Russia’s growing influence in the Middle East and Africa.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)
The Great Leap South

This monthly report by Hudson’s Zineb Riboua explores President Xi Jinping’s strategic push to broaden the People’s Republic of China’s influence across the Middle East and Africa.

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A China-Europe freight train loaded with containers prepares to depart from the China-Kazakhstan Logistics Cooperation base in Lianyungang, China, on August 24, 2023. (Future Publishing via Getty Images)
MENA Defense Intelligence Update

A monthly political-military and geopolitical assessment series focused on the Middle East and North Africa.

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A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen's Huthi rebels on November 22, 2023 shows the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, seized by Huthi fighters two days earlier, at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen's province of Hodeida. The Bahamas-flagged, British-owned Galaxy Leader, operated by a Japanese firm but having links to an Israeli businessman, was headed from Turkey to India when it was seized and re-routed to Hodeida November 19, according to maritime security company Ambrey. The Huthis said the capture was
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A newsletter highlighting the center's recent work.

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Saudi Minister of State Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, CCP Politburo member Wang Yi, and Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Beijing, on March 10, 2023. (Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua via Getty Images)