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The Gulf States and Central Asia: Converging Foreign Policies?
Gulf state activity in Central Asia has steadily increased in recent years. The growing ties come due to shared religion and culture, alongside burgeoning trade, investment, and development initiatives from the Gulf region. This turn of events comes as a very welcome development for Central Asian states, offering them another direction for their various multi-vector
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What Is America’s Purpose?
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, American foreign policy is at a crossroads. Biden has promised America’s allies in Europe and Asia that Washington will be “back” after the Trump era. But can he successfully fulfill his vow at a moment when Russia and China are becoming increasingly assertive? Has the world changed
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U.S. Middle East Policy: Ambitions Versus Reality
America’s proper role in Middle Eastern affairs remains very much under dispute, despite decades of debate by diplomats, policymakers, and academics. On one hand, the Trump administration has presented Americans with an ambitious agenda designed to help shape the region in America’s favor. The “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, the administration’s stated goals in dealing
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Research Internship: Korea Studies (Summer 2019)
CFTNI is seeking applications for research interns from energetic undergraduate and graduate students interested in international affairs, contemporary East Asian international relations and Korean Studies. Interns will support the Center for the National Interest’s Korea Studies Program, working with Program Director Harry Kazianis and staff, on a series of projects related to the political, diplomatic,
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China and Russia – New Best Friends?
On January 10, the Center held a discussion on China-Russia relations featuring Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Dimitri K. Simes, President of the Center for the National Interest. The two experts discussed their respective cover stories on the increasingly close ties between Beijing and Moscow in the
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