Author: Jordan Henry
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Gyeonggi Province: The Engine That Leads U.S.-Korea Partnership
On October 29, 2025, the Center for the National Interest, the Gyeonggi Research Institute, the Korean Association for Policy Studies, and the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) held an international conference on the evolving dimensions of U.S.–Korea relations. The conference highlighted the
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Natural Gas Markets: Disruptions, Infrastructure, and Security (w/ Mel Ydreos)
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has abruptly severed a fifth of global oil and LNG supply. Far from simply spiking energy prices, a supply chain shock of this magnitude will have cascading impacts across the entire global economy. The current crisis threatens to halt as much as 30% of global fertilizer production, for
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April 5, 2026: “Once Upon a Time, There Was NATO”
April 5, 2026: «Once Upon a Time, There Was NATO» In a televised display reminiscent of the infamous Trump-Zelensky Oval Office meeting in February 2025, Vladimir Putin last week delivered a dressing-down to Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin. The Russian president warned Armenia that any further pivot toward the European Union and
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March 29, 2026: Iran Dominates the Russian News Cycle
March 29, 2026: Iran Dominates the Russian News Cycle With U.S. military operations now in their fifth week, the Iran War has become the centerpiece of Russian news coverage, which portrays the operation as a “catastrophe” exposing the limits of American power. The Kremlin’s narrative has even turned personal, mocking the Trump administration’s lack of
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The Arab Gulf States After the War: Expectations for Washington and Tehran
While the outcome of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is still hard to predict, some of the consequences for Arab Gulf states are coming into focus. In the Center for the National Interest’s latest Policy Brief, CFTNI Senior Fellow Joshua Yaphe examines some of the decisions that Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the
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