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October 17, 2023

China
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Enters Its Second Decade: Which Leaders Went to Beijing to Celebrate with Xi Jinping?

High-level attendance at this year’s Belt and Road forum is down, but BRI still has support in the Global South and will be used by Beijing to strengthen the Global South as a counterweight to the U…

Signage for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is seen in front of the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China.
Blog Post by David Sacks Asia Unbound

September 7, 2021

Japan
The Prime Minister Has Left the Race

On September 3, the prime minister visited LDP headquarters and announced he would withdraw from the race.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrives to meet with president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons in Tokyo, September 3, 2021, following his announcement that he will not seek re-election for Liberal Democratic Party leadership.
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

October 15, 2016

Iran
Assad Bows to Iran, Even in Clothing

Check out these two photos of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, celebrating the Eid al-Adha in 2012 and 2016. The men to his left and right are the same people, dressed the same way. But Assad is no…

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (2nd R) performs prayers for Eid al-Adha, at al-Afram Mosque in al-Muhajirin area in Damascus October 26, 2012, in this handout photograph released by Syria’s national news agency SANA (SANA/Reuters).
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 8, 2014

United States
This Week: Turkey’s Dilemma and Egypt’s Beheadings

Significant Developments Turkey-Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on the U.S.-led coalition to supply arms and training to opposition ground troops in Syria, arguing th…

A Turkish Kurdish protester throws a tear gas canister back at Turkish soldiers near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the Turkish town of Suruc in southeastern Sanliurfa province October 4, 2014 (Sezer/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

December 29, 2023

2023 in Review
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2023

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 9, 2014

United States
This Week: Syria’s Latest Agreement and a New U.S. Ambassador for Egypt

Significant Developments Syria. Regime forces took complete control of Homs today as part of a deal struck with armed rebels allowing for nearly 1,700 opposition fighters to evacuate the city with l…

Residents arrive on foot to inspect their homes in the al-Hamdeya neighborhood, after the cessation of fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Syria's president Bashar al-Assad, in Homs May 9, 2014 (al-Hariri/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters