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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.

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Africa Political Monitor No. 53

July 1, 2025

Trump imposes travel ban on African states;
Nigeria eyes border fencing to combat militants;
China deepens continental ties amid record trade;
Niger eyes French-operated uranium mine;
Nigeria, Brazil ink $1 billion deal to modernize agriculture;
Deadly clashes erupt in Kenya on anniversary of tax protests

China Policy Monitor No. 1639

July 9, 2025

China Sends Scores of Planes Into Taiwan Strait...;
...While Japan's Nacy Navigates It;
Deployments To The South China Sea;
Hong Kong's Last Pro-Democracy Party Disbands;
Hong Kong's Crackdown Extends To Small Businesses

Defense Technology Monitor No. 111

June 20, 2025

Military Biotech Investment Needed;
Blood Vessels On Demand;
A Helium Helper for Hypersonics;
PLA Fireball Fighter Drones;
Seeking-- And Firing -- Radiation Relief

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 45

June 17, 2025

Chinese Drones Menace The Region;
Bolstering Manila’s Maritime Posture;
Indonesia Tilts Toward China;
Deterrence By Drone On The Korean Peninsula;
A Warning From Wellington

Iran Democracy Monitor No. 244

July 4, 2025

Questions About Khamenei's Continued Relevance;
...As Succession Planning Speeds Up;
An End To Nuclear Cooperation...;
...And A Wider Description of Spying

Resource Security Watch No. 60

April 18, 2025

In Trump's military, a more skeptical view of climate;
China's future energy source;
Africa searches for answers to food insecurity;
China accelerates stockpiling efforts

Russia Policy Monitor No. 2684

July 14, 2025

More Regulation of Russian Science;
Russia's Partnership With Iran Reaches Its Limits;
A Step Toward Belated Justice For Russian Aggression;
Russia Takes Aim At Ukraine... Via Signal;
Iran's Loss, Russia's Gain