The Taliban’s military and diplomatic strategies are intended to work in tandem, one leveraging the other. Each has as its ultimate goal the Taliban’s recovery of an emirate lost in 2001.
Of all the challenges to the OPEC+ effort, Iraq remains the biggest and most daunting.
As the GNA’s Sirte offensive shows, the confrontation is hardly over and meaningful talks will only start when military gains have been exhausted.
While Russia is currently struggling with the consequences of COVID-19 at home, its foreign policy projections suggest it is also bracing itself for the post-pandemic world.
Quickly attributing or blaming a country for a cyber incident without technical analysis, proof, and government officials willing to go on record only inflames an already tense situation.
How the current twin crises of the global coronavirus pandemic and economic collapse will affect the GCC governments remains an open question.
The spread of the virus, unease about a cease-fire, peace talks, and the American withdrawal leave the Afghan people gripped with a heightened sense of uncertainty.
As the May 26 AFRICOM statement makes clear, Russia’s strategy is fraught with the risk of new sanctions and its geopolitical maneuvers may not come for free.
In Khamenei’s mind, the total neutralization of the ‘moderate’ camp is the best legacy he can leave behind.
The Turks are signaling that they intend to hold to maximalist claims vis-à-vis their intended maritime influence.
The growing U.S. strategic reliance on India has fomented closer bilateral ties between China and Pakistan, straining the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.
The lifting of lockdown restrictions could lead to a spike in cases for which the country is ill prepared.
The U.S.’s willingness to grant wide berth to the Taliban has effectively given them license to continue a campaign of violence.
A possible influx of returnees from the Gulf swelling the ranks of the unemployed is bad enough, but it also comes with a serious complication — the possible loss of remittances.
With the recent move, 45 out of the 65 HDP-run municipalities have been placed under state-appointed trustees.