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Since the May 2018 visit to Australia by French President Emmanuel Macron, Australian commentators have continued…
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While the European Union gears up for new leadership in the northern autumn and US President…
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Prologue: When visiting Bahrain recently, we visited the Portuguese fort. Naturally, when I returned to the…
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Immediately before departing for the G20 summit in Japan, Vladimir Putin gave a revealing interview to…
Read More »An Update on Bahrain and Strategic Challenges: July 2019
We last wrote about Bahrain in 2011. In that piece, Richard Weitz focused on the role…
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São Paulo saw two faces of the “New” Brazil this past week. On Thursday, June 20th,…
Read More »French Arms Exports 2018: On the Upswing
Paris – France last year won foreign orders for weapons worth a total €9.1 billion ($10.2…
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New Delhi. The multipolar reality of the global environment is becoming increasingly visible in Asia where…
Read More »Maduro’s “Dirty War” in Venzuela: How Does This Lead to a Peaceful Transition?
Great tragedies can befall nations when illegitimate leaders fight to hang on to power. There is…
Read More »The Chinese-American Trade Wars
Although Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump continue to exchange warm letters of mutual…
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