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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi at the signing of the Iran–China 25-year Cooperation Program in Tehran on March 27, 2021. Credit: Erfan Kouchari via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran plays the Eurasian card

The new China-Iran agreement prompts as many questions as answers. One thing is clear: China has taken action at a time when the U.S. is winding down its presence in the Middle East.

April 12, 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference with Moldovan President Igor Dodon, on Jan. 17, 2017. Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office via Wikimedia Commons.

The case of Belarus

Belarus is the last state on Russia’s western border not to have experienced a popular revolution since the 1990s, but revolutionary fervor is growing there.

September 13, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem on Jan. 23, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

For Moscow, coronavirus is more than just an economic issue

As the death rate rises across its far-flung territories, the situation is prompting questions about the nation’s proposed constitutional changes.

April 20, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) talks to China's Premier Li Keqiang (right) during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 8, 2013. Photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90.

China’s changing role in the Middle East

As time goes on, China will find it increasingly difficult to stay above the Mideast fray, leading to increased instability in its relationship with the United States.

November 10, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Tehran-Moscow cooperation goes beyond Syria

The Syrian theater exemplifies Russo-Iranian cooperation, but there are other theaters in which Moscow and Tehran have cooperated for years.

January 27, 2019

Map of China. Credit: Wikipedia.

Russia after the Ukraine crisis: European, Asian or Eurasian?

As competition grows more intense between the United States and China, Moscow must assess which side will do more to help it solve its problems across the former Soviet space.

January 13, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Presidential Press and Information Office.

Its battle with fate: Russia, geography, a historical cycle

To contain this immense geographic sphere, Russian leaders have had to expend enormous financial, military, and political resources.

September 21, 2018