Tag: RUSSIA

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  CRANK Call | October 2024

  CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). October 2024 Highlights North Korean forces join Russian war with Ukraine North Korean military personnel have been moving into Russia since early October to intervene directly in support of Russia’s war with Ukraine. The

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  CRANK Call | September 2024

  CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). September 2024 Highlights U.S. accuses China of aiding Russian war on Ukraine as new details emerge American officials have more directly accused China of supporting Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, in return for access

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  The Middle Corridor Linking Asia and Europe: Promise and Challenges

  The Middle Corridor, also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transit Route (TITR), is an emerging transcontinental, multi-modal network of transit routes. It offers an alternative both to the Northern Route through Russian territory and to the sea-based routes that dominate Asia-Europe trade. In particular, the Middle Corridor links China to the Central Asian states, passing

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  CRANK Call | August 2024

  CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). August 2024 Highlights Moscow’s Azerbaijan policy angers Iran Iranian Foreign Ministry officials have expressed anger at Russia’s decision to support an Azerbaijani plan to build a transportation corridor to the country’s Nakhchivan exclave across

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  Debate: Should America Continue to Support Ukraine?

  On September 12, the Center for the National Interest hosted a debate on the question “Should America continue to support Ukraine?” Melinda Haring and Jacob Heilbrunn argued in support of the proposition and Helen Andrews and Curt Mills against it. —Melinda Haring is a senior advisor at Razom for Ukraine and a nonresident senior fellow

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