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BANGKOK, THAILAND - NOVEMBER 18: China Foreign Minister Wang Yi enters the APEC Economic Leaders Retreat on Balanced, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center on November 18, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand is hosting the APEC meetings this year, which will culminate in the leaders' meetings which will run from Nov. 17 to 19. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

Commentary

Beijing Makes a List and Checks It Twice

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Dec 27, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

Senior Airman Trent Sloat, 435th Contingency Response Wing air transportation journeyman, directs a forklift that is off loading a M777 howitizer from a C-17 Globemaster III in Eastern Europe, May 2, 2022. The security assistance the U.S. is providing to Ukraine is enabling critical success on the battlefield against the Russian invading force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn White)

An airman directs a forklift as it offloads an M777 howitzer due for Ukraine on May 2, 2022. (Air Force Photo by Shawn White)

Commentary

Defense Is the Silver Lining in the Omnibus Bill

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Dec 26, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger delivers remarks during an award ceremony hosted by the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon honoring him for his years of distinguished public service May 9, 2016. Dr. Kissinger was presented with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.(DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)

Henry Kissinger accepts the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service at the Pentagon on May 9, 2016. (US Secretary of Defense via Flickr)

Commentary

Kissinger Sees a Global Leadership Vacuum

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Dec 26, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

While North Korea is threatening to launch an ICBM at a normal angle and increasing the level of provocation, the United States has deployed the world's strongest fighter jet, the F-22 stealth fighter, and the B-52 strategic bomber near the Korean Peninsula. Together with former high-ranking officials, we take a look at North Korea's escalating threat of provocation and the United States' formidable response strategy. It also analyzes the impact of Japan's revision of security documents and the resulting mi

(Screenshot via Voice of America)

In the Media

Strengthening the Deployment of US Strategic Assets to the Korean Peninsula

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Dec 24, 2022

In the Media

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, meets with Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov meets with NATO officials in Brussels, Belgium, on July 19, 2022. (NATO via Flickr)

Commentary

Why Now Is the Time to Connect the Caspian Sea to the World

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Dec 23, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Officials gathered on December 15 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Haifa Bayport’s inauguration and the thirtieth year of Israel-China diplomatic ties with an illumination ceremony. During his opening remarks, Consul General of Israel in Shanghai Edward Shapira complimented the port—developed and operated by the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG)—as it positions Israeli ports “on the top advanced rank in the Eastern Mediterranean basin.”

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China in the Middle East | December 21, 2022

An Iranian man holding his smartphone looks on while standing under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran Grand Bazaar (Market), December 3, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A man holding his smartphone stands under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran, Iran, on December 3, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Reports

Targeting Financial Entities outside Iran to Counter Tehran’s Economic Strategy

Yair Albeck

Former Visiting Research Fellow

Yair Albeck

Dec 21, 2022

Reports

8 Min Read

Quad meeting held at the Lotte Palace Hotel in New York, on the 23rd of September 2022. From 21 to 23 September 2022, the SDG Action Zone will take place during the High-level Week of the UNGA. Senator, the Hon. Penny Wong, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs attended. The seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly under the theme, “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong attends a meeting with other QUAD leaders on September 23, 2022. (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia)

Commentary

Diplomatic Reset amid Seamless Strategic Continuity

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Dec 21, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

Vladimir Putin meets with military staff at the Kremlin on December 17, 2022. (Kremlin)

Commentary

The Perils of a Post-Ukraine-War Russia

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough & Luke Coffey

Dec 21, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JUNE 17: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian billionaire and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin (R) and RSPP President Alexander Shokhin (L) seen during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum SPIEF2016 on June 17, 2016 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Russian billionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 17, 2016, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Commentary

Putin’s Pit Bull Is Making a Power Play