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October 25, 2024

North Korea
North Korean Troops in Russia: A Dangerous New Phase in the Ukraine War

The deployment of North Korean troops to aid Russia marks an ominous new level of cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. The alliance could further escalate and globalize the conflict.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un attend an official welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 19, 2024.

November 1, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China in Latin America: October 2024

This month, Argentina’s President Javier Milei changed tack on China, announcing plans for a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Colombia resolved to join the BRI and Brazil backed o…

Peru’s Chancay port, a BRI project, will start shipping two container vessels a week to Shanghai in late November.

October 29, 2024

Election 2024
Misogynoir in Today’s America: Exploring the History of the Racist, Sexist Attacks on Kamala Harris

In what ways are sexist and racist tropes being used by the Trump campaign to characterize Harris in the presidential election?

A cardboard cut-out of Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stands in the window of the offices of the Indiana County Democrats, ahead of a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 23, 2024.

September 27, 2024

China
China in Latin America: September 2024

This month, China’s engagement with Latin America primarily focused on trade and investment, highlighted by Brazil’s announcement of an interministerial working group to explore the South American co…

Woman dismantles Chinese and Latin American flags.

June 27, 2024

Japan
How Japan Is Viewing the North Korea-Russia Alliance

Russia’s expanding security ties with North Korea raise weighty foreign policy questions for Japan and complicate the geopolitical dynamics in the Indo-Pacific. 

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea.

May 28, 2024

North Korea
The North Korean and Chinese Threats Are Growing. But so Is the Trilateral Response.

With renewed support from Russia and China, there are fears that a North Korean crisis is coming. In light of this, the trilateral security relationship among the United States, Japan, and South Kore…

Biden Yoon and Kishida

August 13, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
America’s China Strategy, With Rush Doshi

Rush Doshi, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies and director of the China Strategy Initiative, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how America should navigate its geopolitical rivalry wi…

Podcast President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' Meeting in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

June 19, 2024

Russia
Russia Struck a Defense Pact With North Korea. What Does It Mean?

The new defense treaty demonstrates a growing closeness between the two pariah states that is likely to make the rest of the world uneasy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Pyongyang.

September 10, 2024

United States
Understanding Ronald Reagan Is Key to Understanding America, Writes Max Boot in New Book

“It is no exaggeration to say that you cannot fully comprehend what happened to America in the twentieth century without first understanding what happened to Ronald Reagan,” argues Max Boot, the Jean…

July 30, 2024

Bolivia
Civilian-controlled Militaries Keep Coups Out of Latin America Plus Trump's VP Pick Signals Hawkish Latin America Policy

Civilian-controlled militaries keep coups out of Latin America; Trump’s Vance VP pick signals a Latin America policy hawkish on migration and Mexican organized crime.

Photo of supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce