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Arabs, Turks and Persians: Geopolitics and Ideology in the Greater Middle East

Svante E. Cornell American Foreign Policy Council Central Asia-Caucuses Institute

For decades, the Greater Middle East has been a leading challenge to American foreign policy. This vast region - ranging from North Africa in the west to Afghanistan in the east, and from the borders of Central Asia down to the Horn of Africa in the south - has been a cauldron of turmoil that has affected not just American interests, but generated threats to the American homeland.

Latest Policy Paper

December 19, 2024 Eamon Passey American Foreign Policy Council

Assessment of the PLA Rocket Force’s Deterrence Capabilities

President Xi Jinping has promoted the enhancement of strategic forces, stressing new developmental plans for the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF). The U.S. maintains nuclear superiority, but China leads in conventional and hypersonic missile technology.

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Africa Political Monitor No. 42

December 18, 2024

Somalia, Ethiopia reach historic deal to resolve port dispute;
ECOWAS advances unity with $15.6 billion coastal highway project…;
…And sets exit deadline for Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso
UN launches new effort to break Libya's election impasse;
Rwanda-Congo peace talks collapse

China Policy Monitor No. 1616

December 17, 2024

Spies hire Chinese teens to steal state secrets;
Paraguay expels PRC diplomat for Taiwan "interference";
Xi: China should use Mandarin in "border areas";
Canada sanctions eight PRC officials, citing human rights violations;
Accused Chinese spies plead not guilty in London

Defense Technology Monitor No. 106

November 4, 2024

Up next: satellites for real-time target tracking;
China's hypersonic edge;
How to optimize quantum communications;
Toward military-grade 3D printings;
Vortex cannon capabilities

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 39

November 26, 2024

Jakarta walks fine line with military exercises...;
...While Laos doubles down on cooperation with Beijing;
Australia, Pacific Islands respond to China's police presence;
Tokyo takes steps to shore up territorial control;
Manila takes a stand

Information Warfare Watch No. 42

December 16, 2024

Germany: a target of Russian hybrid war;
How AJ+ is manipulating the Mideast narrative;
AI turbo-charges Russian disinfo...;
...As Brussels gets more serious;
Overreach in El Salvador?

Russia Policy Monitor No. 2658

December 16, 2024

Assad gets asylum in Moscow...;
...as Moscow scrambles to preserve its Syrian presence;
Prisoners to the (war) front;
NATO mobilizes versus Russia;
Nazi sentiment makes a comeback;
Kadyrov's clout grows

South Asia Strategy Monitor No. 21

December 3, 2024

Pakistan edged out of BRICS
Modi, Xi meet to resolve border row, reset relations;
Dhaka's new government cleans house;
The Maldives navigates troubled regional waters