When Mali’s government saw Tuareg separatists and jihadists storming from the north toward the capital Bamako in 2012, it turned to France—a former colonial power—for help. Operation Serval stopped the advance and was later transformed into a regional counterterrorism operation, dubbed Barkhane. France was gradually joined by other European countries, …

The War in Ukraine Should Prompt a New Opening to China Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—and the responses of the United States and China—has generated the first great-power crisis in decades. Such crises are rare and terrifying, especially in the nuclear age. Understandably, therefore, countries go to great lengths to avoid …

Beijing Is Using the Global South to Constrain America For the past decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping has endeavored to help China attain what it considers to be its rightful position at the center of the world stage. To do this, Xi—along with the rest of China’s leadership—is attempting to …

How Governments Will Transform Energy Markets In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world appears to be at an inflection point. Business leaders have declared the acceleration of deglobalization and sounded the alarm about a new period of stagflation. Academics have decried the return of conquest and hailed …

Victory in the War Would Not End the Conflict With Russia In recent days, many Western observers of the war in Ukraine have begun to worry that the tide is turning in Russia’s favor. Massive artillery fire is yielding incremental Russian gains in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, and Russia is …

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Greece should stop arming islands in the Aegean Sea that have a demilitarised status and abide by international agreements, in comments likely to further fuel long-running tensions between the neighbours. The NATO allies have long been at odds over issues such as maritime …

Résumé L’avion du chef de la diplomatie russe Sergei Lavrov a dû rebrousser chemin alors qu’il était en route vers la Serbie, après l’interdiction de survol de trois pays de l’Otan. Cet incident va relancer la lutte d’influence entre Russes et Occidentaux dans cette région fragile. En savoir plus La …

A címbéli bölcsesség Aiszkhülosz görög tragédiaírótól, az időszámítás előtti V. századból származik, ám talán sosem volt ennyire igaz, mint most, az orosz–ukrán háború idején. Washington, Brüsszel, Berlin és London politikusait hallgatva elfog a kétkedés, hogy keresik-e még az igazságot, a harcokat kiváltó okokat, vagy csak korunk legsúlyosabb betegségének, a politikai …

ABD, kural temelli düzen derken uluslararası hukuku kastetmiyor. Washington kendi koyduğu, küresel kapitalist sistemin işleyişine dair normlara uyulmasını istiyor. Çin ve Rusya bu normlara uymuyor. Temelde sorun küresel artı değerden kapitalist merkezlerin daha fazla pay alma çabaları. Küresel rantın aslan payını şimdiye kadar alan ABD, Çin’in yükselişi karşısında konumunu korumaya …

Ukraine’s successes in resisting and even turning back an invasion by a numerically superior Russian force has raised expectations in East Asia that smaller nations in the region could conceivably fend off an attack from a large military like China’s. Taiwan, of course, has long struggled with executing such a …