strategy

Anthony H. Cordesman: America’s Failed Strategy in the Middle East – Losing Iraq and the Gulf

It is all too tempting for the United States to focus on the current crisis over the clash between Iran…

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The US And The Black Sea: A Troublesome Year Ahead

The US is increasingly looking inwards as internal political problems, coupled with the ongoing election campaign, shifts Washington’s attention away…

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The Limits of Russian Strategy in the Middle East

Russia is seemingly resurgent in the Middle East, using a short-term focused, transactional approach to develop diplomatic and economic relationships…

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‘Seal of Excellence’ on a Foreign Policy Strategy in an Anarchic World

The world order continues crumbling – a metaphor my colleagues and I coined in the Valdai Club annual report in…

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Trump’s National Security Strategy: A New Brand of Mercantilism?

The sixteen national security strategies issued by presidents Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama reaffirmed U.S. leadership of a liberal international…

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