Several considerations are pushing the new Syria and Russia to reorder their relationship and move it from hostility towards cooperation. Moscow is seeking to salvage the strategic agreements it concluded with the Assad regime, foremost among them the arrangements governing its military presence in Syria. A return to Syria would …

Key Takeaways: IFIMES reads Tokayev’s Bishkek SCO speech as “responsible middle-power” policy: use the SCO’s “Shanghai spirit” and even a UNGA resolution on its principles, but treat the UN as irreplaceable. Kazakhstan would link China, Russia, the EU, the U.S., Turkey, and the Gulf rather than pick a bloc.Tools cited …

La posture stratégique impériale des États-Unis s’est heurtée à une réalité technique et industrielle incontournable : on ne peut mener une guerre sur trois fronts avec des ressources prévues pour un seul théâtre d’opérations. Alors que la politique étrangère de Washington reste focalisée sur la diplomatie transactionnelle, les cycles électoraux …