The West may have pushed Russia out of its orbit, but it cannot push Russia out of the world. Russia’s Diplomatic BlitzOver the past two weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has staged a remarkable diplomatic blitz. Across three major gatherings in Bishkek, Vladivostok and New Delhi, as well as during …

Ankara appears to be moving toward greater alignment with U.S. sanctions, but its willingness to commit to full cooperation remains in question. On September 4, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Turkey’s Golden Global Bank, a relatively small institution, for having “facilitated tens of millions of dollars’ worth of transactions for …

On June 3, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the U.S. Congress that the fighting that had raged for three years in Sudan was now a “proxy war” and blamed Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for frustrating American efforts to bring the conflict to an end. …