As the U.S. looks to station over-the-horizon capabilities to address issues in Afghanistan, Central Asia is an obvious locale. Both Russia and the Taliban, separately, have warned the states of Central Asia against hosting U.S. forces following Washington’s looming exit from Afghanistan. While it’s clear that U.S. and Central Asian …

The new NSS has some notable differences from the 2015 version on Russia’s approach to the Asia-Pacific – and China in particular. For the first time since 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin has updated the National Security Strategy (NSS). On July 2, Putin signed an Executive Order “On the National …

A Qatari delegation has attended the inauguration of a naval base on Egypt’s western coast near the Libyan border, in the latest sign of improving ties between Cairo and Doha. For the first time in years, Qatar took part July 3 in the inauguration of an Egyptian naval base in …