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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024
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The United States and the “Axis” of Its Enemies: Myths vs. Reality

Since launching its all-out assault on Ukraine, Russia has drawn closer to China, Iran, and North Korea. But have they really formed an “axis?” Their interests have aligned but not merged. It makes little sense and can be even counterproductive to treat these four countries, each guided by its own vision, as a unified coalition.

· November 25, 2024
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Strategic Europe
Taking the Pulse: Would Freezing Ukraine’s NATO Membership Process Advance Peace?

Support for negotiations toward a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has been growing in the West. Should Kyiv accept a freezing of the contact line and its NATO membership process, and what are the alternate paths to peace?

  • Rym Momtaz
· November 21, 2024
In The Media
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Lebanon’s Day After

The world should apply pressure on Israel to end the conflict in Lebanon. Otherwise, this war may lead to the undoing of Lebanon and its increasingly rare, if flawed model of societal diversity—with even greater regional aftershocks.

· November 20, 2024
Foreign Affairs
Europe Economic Statecraft
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Geopolitics and Economic Statecraft in the European Union

In response to great-power rivalry and the weaponization of interdependence, the EU has adopted a geopolitical approach to economic statecraft. To build resilience and maintain its international credibility, the union will have to balance its pursuit of economic security with broader foreign policy goals.

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· November 19, 2024
In The Media
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Long-range Missiles Can ‘Alleviate’ Pressure but Not a ‘Game-changer’ for Ukraine

A conversation about President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range American missiles inside Russia.

· November 18, 2024
CNN
ussia's President Vladimir Putin visits the destroyed school, where in 2004 Chechen militants took more than 1,000 people hostage, in Beslan, North Ossetia on August 20, 2024, to commemorate the killing of more than 330 people, mostly children, in the hostage siege
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How the Traumas of 2004 Blinded Putin

A terrorist attack in 2004 shaped Vladimir Putin’s understanding of external actors and other countries. The influence can be felt even today.

· November 18, 2024
In The Media
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Hezbollah Considers U.S.-Israeli Ceasefire Proposal, Sources Say

A conversation about diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group.

· November 16, 2024
CNN
In The Media
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North Korean Troops Join Russian Forces on the Frontlines

A conversation about discuss what’s happening on the battlefield in Ukraine and how President-elect Donald Trump’s victory could change the trajectory of the war in Ukraine.

· November 15, 2024
WBUR’s Here and Now
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Emissary
The Middle East’s New War of Attrition

Egypt and Jordan are caught in the middle.

· November 14, 2024
In The Media
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Trump Needs Concessions from Putin — They May Be Forthcoming

Trump has every opportunity to alter the dynamics in the war in Ukraine, because Putin has strong motives to nurture his relationship with the United States.

· November 14, 2024
Financial Times