Tag: RUSSIA
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CRANK Call | February 2025
CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). February 2025 Highlights Russia and Iran “align positions” on nuclear program amid potential signs of discord Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and President Massoud Pezeshkian
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The Trump Administration and Africa
President Donald Trump is transforming U.S. foreign policy around the world, abandoning some past approaches and setting new priorities even as he discards some important foreign policy tools and embraces others. He is also redefining American values in ways that break sharply from precedent. While changing policies toward Ukraine and Gaza have perhaps drawn the
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CRANK Call | January 2025
CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). January 2025 Highlights Russia and Iran finally sign Strategic Partnership Agreement Presidents Masoud Pezeshkian and Vladimir Putin signed their long-awaited comprehensive strategic partnership treaty on January 17 during Pezeshkian’s visit to Moscow.
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Negotiating with Moscow
On February 18, 2025, U.S. and Russian officials convened in Saudi Arabia to discuss a potential peaceful resolution to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to explore the broader U.S.-Russia relationship. The meeting followed statements by other U.S. officials indicating a shift away from earlier American commitments to NATO membership for Ukraine and to restoring the
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Russia’s Post-Soviet Neighbors
Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has transformed the security, economic, and geopolitical environments for Russia’s neighbors. Ukraine is at war. Three Russian neighbors—Belarus, China, and North Korea—are supporting the Russian invasion through various means and to various degrees. Three others—the Baltic States—are assisting Ukraine through the NATO alliance. The picture is more complex for
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